Write a function that takes a sentence as an input parameter where each word in the sentence is separated by a space. The function should replace each blank with a hyphen and then return the modified sentence.

Write a function that takes a sentence as an input parameter where each word in the sentence is separated by a space. The function should replace each blank with a hyphen and then return the modified sentence.

def replace_blanks_with_hyphens(sentence):
    """
    Replaces each blank space in the input sentence with a hyphen.
    
    Parameters:
    sentence (str): The input sentence where spaces need to be replaced by hyphens.
    
    Returns:
    str: The modified sentence with spaces replaced by hyphens.
    """
    return sentence.replace(' ', '-')

# Example usage
sentence = "This is a sample sentence"
modified_sentence = replace_blanks_with_hyphens(sentence)
print("Original sentence:", sentence)
print("Modified sentence:", modified_sentence)

Output:

Original sentence: This is a sample sentence
Modified sentence: This-is-a-sample-sentence

Explanation:

• Function Name: replace_blanks_with_hyphens

• Parameter: Takes a single parameter sentence, which is a string.

• Return Value: Returns the modified string where each blank space is replaced with a hyphen.

• Implementation: Uses the replace method of the string to replace all occurrences of a space (' ') with a hyphen ('-').