Source code for pycadf.utils

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import six


[docs]def mask_value(value, s_percent=0.125):
    """Obfuscate a given string to show only a percentage of leading
    and trailing characters.

    :param s_percent: The percentage (in decimal) of characters to replace
    """
    if isinstance(value, six.string_types):
        visible = (32 if int(round(len(value) * s_percent)) > 32
                   else int(round(len(value) * s_percent)))
        return value[:visible] + " xxxxxxxx " + value[-visible:]
    return value