Censor bad words in Python using better-profanity

In this article, we will learn how to Censor bad words using Python. For this, we are using the better_profanity module from python.

Installation

pip install better_profanity

For censoring bad words, we are using profanity.censor() method from better_profanity. So, we discuss first its syntax and arguments.

Syntax: profanity.censor(text, censor_char=’*’)

Parameters:

text : text to be censor

censor_char : ‘*’ by default, character to censor bad words

Return value: censored text

Approach:

1. Import package (profanity)
2. Declare or input the text to be censored.
3. Use profanity.censor() method and get the censored text.
4. Print censored text.

Example 1:

Python3

# importing package
from better_profanity import profanity

# text to be censored
text = "What the shit are you doing?"

# do censoring
censored = profanity.censor(text)

# view output
print(censored)

Output:

What the **** are you doing?

Example 2:

Python3

# importing package
from better_profanity import profanity

# text to be censored
text = "What the shit are you doing?"

# do censoring
censored = profanity.censor(text, '$')

# view output
print(censored)

Output:

What the $$$$ are you doing?