Replacing some emoticons with emojis in python

Question

This is what my code currently looks like. I wanted to change the emoticons to emojis when the user inputs a sentence or word. How do I go by it?

def main():
    sentence = input("Input a Sentence: ")
    convert(sentence)
    print(sentence)


def convert():
    emo1 = ":)"
    emo2 = ":("
    emo1.replace(":)", "🙂")
    emo2.replace(":(", "🙁")


main()

Answer 1

You need to add replace emoticons in sentence you sent to function convert .

def main():
    sentence = input("Input a Sentence: ")
    print(sentence)
    sentence = convert(sentence)
    print(sentence)


def convert(sentence):
    sentence = sentence.replace(":)", "🙂")
    sentence = sentence.replace(":(", "🙁")
    return sentence


main()

Answer 2

def main(): # user input

variable_faces = input("Enter your sentence or word: ")
print(change_faces(variable_faces))

def change_faces(sentence): sentence = sentence.replace(":)", "🙂") sentence = sentence.replace(":(", "🙁")

return sentence

main()

Answer 3

#Worked like a charm

def main():

x = input('Type: ')
print(convert(x))

def convert(x):

x=x.replace(':)', '🙂')
x=x.replace(':(', '🙁')
return x

main()