It seems like when I set up a pattern for a rule, for example: social security pattern: ^\d{3}-\d{2}-\d{4}$, with the option to replace it by "***", and I try the pattern by typing in "Here is my social: 111-11-1111". Then the pattern doesnt get applied. It will still show: Here is my social: 111-11-1111. But when I type in only the numeric pattern: 111-11-1111, it works. How can make sure the rule gets applied no matter what someone would type in before or after?
Same with variations of a rule. Say I want to block the word "pancake" it works, but when I define the next pattern to be "pancakepanhandle" it only blocks out the "pancake" part, even though "pancakepanhandle" is also defined as a pattern for the rule.
I am sure I am just setting it up incorrectly, so any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
\b(?:\d[ -]*?){9}\bThis pattern would find a 9 digit number anywhere in your text.
It also allows there to be "spaces" or "-" in between the numbers.
I've included some examples from https://regex101.com/ using this pattern with an example.
