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bookChallenge: Masking Sensitive Data in DataFrames

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Write a function that takes a pandas DataFrame and a list of sensitive column names, and returns a new DataFrame where all values in those sensitive columns are replaced with the string "MASKED". This helps prevent accidental exposure of sensitive data when displaying or sharing DataFrames.

  • The function must return a copy of the original DataFrame with the specified columns masked.
  • If a column in the sensitive list does not exist in the DataFrame, it must be ignored.
  • Non-sensitive columns must remain unchanged.

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bookChallenge: Masking Sensitive Data in DataFrames

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Write a function that takes a pandas DataFrame and a list of sensitive column names, and returns a new DataFrame where all values in those sensitive columns are replaced with the string "MASKED". This helps prevent accidental exposure of sensitive data when displaying or sharing DataFrames.

  • The function must return a copy of the original DataFrame with the specified columns masked.
  • If a column in the sensitive list does not exist in the DataFrame, it must be ignored.
  • Non-sensitive columns must remain unchanged.

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