Method replaceCreditCardSymbols

src/modules/helpers/index.ts:373–384

* Replaces the symbols and patterns in a credit card schema including Luhn checksum. * * This method supports both range patterns `[4-9]` as well as the patterns used by `replaceSymbolWithNumber()`. * `L` will be replaced with the appropriate Luhn checksum. * * @param string The credi

(
    string: string = '6453-####-####-####-###L',
    symbol: string = '#'
  )

   * @since 5.0.0
   */
  replaceCreditCardSymbols(
    string: string = '6453-####-####-####-###L',
    symbol: string = '#'
  ): string {
    // default values required for calling method without arguments

    string = legacyRegexpStringParse(this.faker, string); // replace [4-9] with a random number in range etc...
    string = legacyReplaceSymbolWithNumber(this.faker, string, symbol); // replace ### with random numbers

    const checkNum = luhnCheckValue(string);
    return string.replace('L', String(checkNum));
  }

  /**
   * Generates a string matching the given regex like expressions.