Question

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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.

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step 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

s = input()

if len(s) > 4:

k = len(s) - 4

s = s[:2] + '*'*k + s[len(s)-2:]