#https://programmingpraxis.com/2019/06/21/string-comparison/

def clean(word):
    for i in word:
        if i == '#':
            if word.index(i) == 0:
                word = word[1:]
            else:
                word = word[0:word.index(i)-1] + word[word.index(i)+1:]
    return word

def hashCompare(word1,word2):
    word2 = clean(word2)
    word1 = clean(word1)
    if word1 == word2:
        return True
    else:
        return False

print(str(hashCompare("abcde","abcx#de"))) #true
print(str(hashCompare("#abc##","1#234###a"))) #true
print(str(hashCompare("ab","aa"))) #false