Redact credit card numbers in text — redact_credit_card_numbers • redacted

This function redacts credit card numbers in a given text by replacing them with a specified string.

Usage

redact_credit_card_numbers(text, replace_with = NULL)

Arguments

text: The text in which credit card numbers are to be redacted.
replace_with: A string to replace the credit card numbers with. It can either be a whole word like "[REDACTED]", or a single character like "*" that gets repeated based on how long the credit card number detected is. Default is NULL, which uses the default value specified in the `replace_pattern()` function.

Value

A character vector with credit card numbers redacted.

Examples

text <- "My credit card number is 1234 5678 9012 3456. Please don't share it with anyone."
redacted_text <- redact_credit_card_numbers(text)
cat(redacted_text)
#> My credit card number is [REDACTED]. Please don't share it with anyone.