Masks use the following notation conventions:
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A |
Indicates character is an alphabetic letter (a-z or A-Z) |
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N |
Indicates character is a numeral (0-9) |
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<special_char> |
Represents a special character, such as @, &, %, or punctuation, exactly as it appears in the word or phrase |
If a data value contains a special character, that is, a character that is not a number or a letter, it is shown exactly as it appears in the data value, including spaces.