Redact and Format a Log Line

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Write a function format_log(level, message, secrets) that builds a log line "[LEVEL] message", but first replaces every occurrence of any string in the list secrets within message with "***". level should be uppercased in the output regardless of how it was passed in.

Examples

Example 1

Input

format_log("info", "user pass123 logged in", ["pass123"])

Output

'[INFO] user *** logged in'

Explanation

The secret substring is redacted and level is uppercased.

Example 2

Input

format_log("error", "no secrets here", [])

Output

'[ERROR] no secrets here'

Explanation

Empty secrets list leaves message untouched.

Constraints

secrets is a list of non-empty strings that may or may not appear in message.
Redact all occurrences of every secret, not just the first.

Topics

Input & Outputstring processing

Companies

CiscoOracleIBM

Hints

Hint 1

Loop over secrets and use message.replace(secret, "***") for each.

Hint 2

Uppercase level with level.upper() when building the final string.

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