def replace_emoticons_with_emojis(): input_string = input("Say something quickly and I will repeat it slowly!\t\t") for emoticon, emoji in {':)': '🙂', ':(': '🙁'}.items(): input_string = input_string.replace(emoticon, emoji) print(input_string) if __name__ == "__main__": replace_emoticons_with_emojis()