Write a function hideShow that accepts two string arguments, an input string and a masking string. The masking string is a string consisting of ‘0’s and ‘1’s that has the same length as the input string. The function then returns a new string that is the same as the input string, except that it is masked. That is, in any position where the masking string contains a ‘0’ the input character is replaced by a ‘#’, whereas if the masking string contains a ‘1’, the character is unchanged. Sample usage: >>> hideShow('apple','11001') 'ap##e'

Using Python write a string-comparison function named strNcompare that compares up to n characters of a string s1 with the other string s2. The function must return 0, -1, or 1 if the first n-character portion of s1 is equal to, less than, or greater than the corresponding first n-character portion of s2, respectively. (1) You must use the following function definition: def strNcompare(s1, s2, n): (2) String comparison must be case-insensitive. For example, the strNcompare function must return 0 for the s1 value of ‘tommy’ and the s2 value of ‘TOMMY’. (3) You should not use a loop such as the while loop and the for loop inside the strNcompare function.    Then write a Python program that receives two words and the number of characters for comparison, calls the strNcompare function, and then shows the result. Your program keeps doing this until the user enters the value of -1.     Your program displays the message ‘String comparison [1(play), -1(quit)]: ’ and receives the value 1 or -1…

A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same forward and backward, disregarding spaces, punctuation, and capitalization. Write a function isPalindrome that takes in a string s and returns a boolean value indicating whether s is a palindrome. Example: Input: s = "racecar" Output: true Input: s = "Hello" Output: false Input: s = "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama" Output: true Input: s = "12321" Output: true Note: The input string may contain spaces, punctuation, and capitalization, but they should be disregarded while checking for palindromes. An empty string is considered a palindrome.

In Python use import sys Create a program that has a function that takes in an argument and prints the number of vowels in the string. It should work for both lowercase and uppercase vowels.