Answer to Question #234479 in Python for vijay

Question

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 = input('Input line: ')

line = line.replace(line[2:-2], '*'*len(line[2:-2]), 1)

print(line)