package main import ( "fmt" "strings" ) func removeProfanity(message *string) { if message == nil { return } messageVal := *message messageVal = strings.ReplaceAll(messageVal, "dang", "****") messageVal = strings.ReplaceAll(messageVal, "shoot", "*****") messageVal = strings.ReplaceAll(messageVal, "heck", "****") *message = messageVal } // don't touch below this line func test(messages []string) { for _, message := range messages { if message == "" { removeProfanity(nil) fmt.Println("nil message detected") } else { removeProfanity(&message) fmt.Println(message) } } } func main() { messages := []string{ "well shoot, this is awful", "", "dang robots", "dang them to heck", "", } messages2 := []string{ "well shoot", "", "Allan is going straight to heck", "dang... that's a tough break", "", } test(messages) test(messages2) }