please help me modify the sparse text program below so that instead of the letter 'e' being removed, the user is prompted for the letter to remove.
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Hello, please help me modify the sparse text
code in python below
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# Sparse Text Program
def createModifiedFile(input_file, output_file):
"""For text file input_file, creates a new version in file outputfile
in which all instances of the letter 'e' are removed.
"""
empty_str = ''
num_total_chars = 0
num_removals = 0
for line in input_file:
# save original line strength
orig_line_length = len(line) - 1
num_total_chars = num_total_chars + orig_line_length
#remove all occurrances of letter 'e'
modified_line = line.replace('e', empty_str).replace('E', empty_str)
num_removals = num_removals + \
(orig_line_length - (len(modified_line) - 1))
# simultaneouslt output line to screen and output file
print(modified_line.strip('\n'))
output_file.write(modified_line)
return (num_total_chars, num_removals)
# --- main
# program welcome
print('This program will display the contents of a provided text file')
print('with all occurrences of the letter "e" removed. \n')
# open files for reading and writing
file_name = input('Enter file name (including the file extension): ')
input_file = open(file_name, 'r')
new_file_name = 'e_' + file_name
output_file = open(new_file_name, 'w')
# create file with all letter e removed
print()
num_total_chars, num_removals = createModifiedFile(input_file, output_file)
# close current input and output files
input_file.close()
output_file.close()
# display percentage of characters removed
print()
print(num_removals, 'occurrences of the letter "e" removed')
print('Percentage of data lost:', int((num_removals / num_total_chars * 100), '%'))
print('Modified text in file', new_file_name)
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