This function replaces sensitive patterns in a text with a specified replacement
string, or the default "[REDACTED]".
Usage
redact_pattern(text, pattern, replace_with = NULL)
Arguments
- text
A character string containing the text to redact
- pattern
A character string specifying the regular expression pattern to search for
- replace_with
A character string specifying the replacement text to use. If NULL (default),
the sensitive pattern is replaced with "[REDACTED]".
Value
A character string with sensitive patterns replaced with the specified replacement string
Examples
redact_pattern("My password is password123", "\\bpassword\\d*\\b")
#> [1] "My [REDACTED] is [REDACTED]"
redact_pattern("My API key is 1234-5678-9012-3456", "\\d{4}-\\d{4}-\\d{4}-\\d{4}", "[REDACTED]")
#> [1] "My API key is [REDACTED]"
