Mask All Characters

Standardization Definition

Mask All Characters
Description

The Mask All Characters standardization definition replaces every alphanumeric, punctuation, and symbol character with the * character.

Examples Input Output
John Smith 123 **** ***** ***
AAA111 111 ****** ***
Thai Zero ๐ and Twelve ๑๒ **** **** * *** ****** **
½ inch * ****
$123,000.45 ***********
X9/L7 *****
Remarks

These characters are defined by the following Unicode general categories:

  • Letter (L)
  • Mark (M)
  • Number (N)
  • Punctuation (P)
  • Symbol (S)