Use a hash table to store texting shortcuts and their definitions. For example, “lol” means “laugh out loud.” Use this hash table to decode a text message. Iterate through all the words in the text message input, and if any are found, replace them with their definitions. Return the decoded string.

Question

Note: The exact number of texting shortcuts used in this answer is up to the individual, but at least a handful should be used to make the method usable.

Answer 1

```
def decodeTextMessage(message):
shortcuts = {}
shortcuts["lol"] = "laugh out loud"
shortcuts["tmi"] = "too much information"
shortcuts["4"] = "for"
shortcuts["4eva"] = "forever"
shortcuts["afaik"] = "as far as I know"
shortcuts["asap"] = "as soon as possible"
shortcuts["b4"] = "before"
shortcuts["bc"] = "because"
shortcuts["bf"] = "boyfriend"
shortcuts["brb"]="be right back"
shortcuts["cu"] = "see you"
shortcuts["dgaf"] = "don't give a *freak*"
shortcuts["dl"] = "down low"
shortcuts["rofl"] = "rolling on the floor laughing"
shortcuts["u"] = "you"

messageToReturn = ""
splits = message.split(" ")
for word in splits:
if word in shortcuts.keys():
messageToReturn += shortcuts[word]+" "
else:
messageToReturn += word+" "

#Remove the last space
messageToReturn = messageToReturn [:-1]

return messageToReturn
```