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script.py

# These are the emails you will be censoring. The open() function is opening the text file that the emails are contained in and the .read() method is allowing us to save their contexts to the following variables:
email_one = open("email_one.txt", "r").read()
email_two = open("email_two.txt", "r").read()
email_three = open("email_three.txt", "r").read()
email_four = open("email_four.txt", "r").read()

proprietary_terms = ["she", "She", "personality matrix", "sense of self", "self-preservation", "learning algorithm", "personality", "Personailty", "herself", "Herself", "her", "Her", "Helena"]

negative_words = ["concerned", "behind", "danger", "dangerous", "alarming", "alarmed", "out of control", "help", "HELP", "unhappy", "bad", "upset", "awful", "broken", "damage", "damaging", "dismal", "distressed", "distressed", "concerning", "horrible", "horribly", "questionable"]

def censoreText(textToScan, textToRemove):
  if textToRemove in textToScan:
    return textToScan.replace(textToRemove, 'REDACTED')

def censoreTextGreatly(textToScan, lstOfTextToRemove):
  objectLst = ['']
  objectLst[0] = textToScan
  for i in lstOfTextToRemove:
    if i in objectLst[0]:
      objectLst[0] = objectLst[0].replace(i, 'REDACTED')
  return objectLst[0]
      
def censoreGreatlyAndLightenTone(textToScan, LstOfNegativeText):
  objectLst = ['']
  objectLst[0] = textToScan
  for i in LstOfNegativeText:
    if i in objectLst[0]:
      objectVar = objectLst[0].find(i)
      for j in LstOfNegativeText:
        if j in objectLst[0][objectVar + 1:]:
          objectLst[0] = objectLst[0][:objectVar + 1] + objectLst[0][objectVar + 1:].replace(i, 'REDACTED')
  return censoreTextGreatly(objectLst[0], proprietary_terms)

def censoreAll(textToScan):
  objectLst = ['']
  objectLst2 = ['']
  objectLst3 = []
  objectLst[0] = textToScan
  objectLst[0] = censoreTextGreatly(objectLst[0], proprietary_terms)
  objectLst[0] = censoreTextGreatly(objectLst[0], negative_words)
  objectLst2[0] = objectLst[0].replace('\n', ' lineBreak ')
  objectLst3 = objectLst2[0].split(' ')
  y = 0
  while y < len(objectLst3) - 1:
    if (objectLst3[y] == 'REDACTED') or (objectLst3[y] == 'REDACTEDe') or (objectLst3[y] == 'REDACTEDous') or (objectLst3[y] == 'REDACTEDly') or (objectLst3[y] == 'REDACTED\'s') or (objectLst3[y] == 'REDACTED.') or (objectLst3[y] == 'REDACTEDs') or (objectLst3[y] == 'REDACTED!') or (objectLst3[y] == 'REDACTEDe.'):
      if y == 0 and (not objectLst3[1] == 'lineBreak'):
        objectLst3[y + 1] = 'REDACTED'
        continue
      if not y == (objectLst3.index(objectLst3[-1])):
        if not objectLst3[y + 1] == 'lineBreak':
          objectLst3[y + 1] = 'REDACTED'
        if not objectLst3[y - 1] == 'lineBreak':
          objectLst3[y - 1] = 'REDACTED'
      y += 2
    y += 1
  objectLst[0] = ' '.join(objectLst3)
  objectLst[0] = objectLst[0].replace('lineBreak', '\n')
  return objectLst[0]

print(censoreAll(email_four))

#remember to record any new methods, functions or loops in your notes when you done

Thanks so much! I had a problem with email four and as your method is slighty similiar to mine, it helped me understand it exactly and write a proper solution!