Answer to Question #221812 in Python for srikanth

Question

Masking - 2

Write a program that reads a single line of input and prints the first two and last two characters of the given input and prints the asterisk character (*) in place of the remaining characters.

Explanation

For example, if the given string is 

message, then the first two and last two characters are me, ge. Now replacing all the remaining characters with * will give the output me***ge.

Sample Input 1
message
Sample Output 1
me***ge
Sample Input 2
12345
Sample Output 2
12*45

Answer 1

line = str(input())
newLine = ''

for i in range(len(line)):
    if i > 1 and i < len(line) - 2:
        newLine += '*'
    else:
        newLine += line[i]

print(newLine)