
    Write a function that accepts a maintenance report string containing equipment status details and a standardized formatting character, then replaces all spaces in the report with the specified formatting character to ensure consistent display across the transit system's maintenance database. The function should return the formatted maintenance report string that complies with the transit authority's documentation standards.
    

    
def replace_blank(str1, char):
    """
    Write a function that accepts a maintenance report string containing equipment status details and a standardized formatting character, then replaces all spaces in the report with the specified formatting character to ensure consistent display across the transit system's maintenance database. The function should return the formatted maintenance report string that complies with the transit authority's documentation standards.
    

    """
def replace_blank(str1, char):
    """
    Write a function that accepts a maintenance report string containing equipment status details and a standardized formatting character, then replaces all spaces in the report with the specified formatting character to ensure consistent display across the transit system's maintenance database. The function should return the formatted maintenance report string that complies with the transit authority's documentation standards.
    

    """
    str2 = str1.replace(' ', char)
    return str2