import re import sys def analyze_line(line): word_pattern = r'\w+' pattern = re.compile(r'(\w+ \w+ )(\w+)(.*)') words = re.findall(word_pattern, line) if len(words) >= 3: modified_line = re.sub(pattern, r'\1' + 'x' * len(words[2]) + r'\3', line, count=1) return modified_line else: return line def write_answer(row, ouput_file): with open(ouput_file, "a", encoding="utf-8") as file: file.write(row) def main_function(input_file, output_file): with open(output_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as output_file1: with open(input_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file: for row in file: write_answer(analyze_line(row), output_file) output_file ='simple.out' input_file = 'simple.in' # input_file = sys.argv[1] # output_file = sys.argv[2] main_function(input_file, output_file)