
    Create a function that standardizes student performance reports by replacing all blank spaces in the text-based records with a designated formatting character to ensure consistent data processing across the student tracking system. The function should accept a student performance report string and a standardization character as inputs, and return the reformatted report string.
    

    
def replace_blank(str1, char):
    """
    Create a function that standardizes student performance reports by replacing all blank spaces in the text-based records with a designated formatting character to ensure consistent data processing across the student tracking system. The function should accept a student performance report string and a standardization character as inputs, and return the reformatted report string.
    

    """
def replace_blank(str1, char):
    """
    Create a function that standardizes student performance reports by replacing all blank spaces in the text-based records with a designated formatting character to ensure consistent data processing across the student tracking system. The function should accept a student performance report string and a standardization character as inputs, and return the reformatted report string.
    

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