In a certain code language, the word 'BASKET' is written as '5 $ 3 % # 1' and 'TRIED' is written as '1 4 * # 2'. How is the word 'SKIRT' written in that identical code language?

Let us extract the direct letter-to-symbol assignment pattern from the given words:
From BASKET:

* $\text{B}\to 5$
* \text{A} \rightarrow \$\ast$ \text{S} \rightarrow 3$\ast$ \text{K} \rightarrow \%$\ast$ \text{E} \rightarrow \#$\ast$ \text{T} \rightarrow 1$From\ast \ast TRIED\ast \ast :\ast$ \text{T} \rightarrow 1$\ast$ \text{R} \rightarrow 4$\ast$ \text{I} \rightarrow *$\ast$ \text{E} \rightarrow \#$\ast$ \text{D} \rightarrow 2$Now,determinethecodefor\ast \ast SKIRT\ast \ast characterbycharacter:\ast$ \text{S} \rightarrow 3$\ast$ \text{K} \rightarrow \%$\ast$ \text{I} \rightarrow *$\ast$ \text{R} \rightarrow 4$\ast$ \text{T} \rightarrow 1$

Combining them gives the string: *3 % 4 1**.