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Trouble with UNIX tr (translate) function

UNIX script - problem.

I want the spaces in my Item variable to be replaced with a question mark. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong? This is the whole code line.

Item | tr -s " " "?"

Why is this not making any changes to the Item value?

Thanks for any help you can give!
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