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diff --git a/obfuscator/obfuscate.py b/obfuscator/obfuscate.py
index ac0bd21..3da9155 100644
--- a/obfuscator/obfuscate.py
+++ b/obfuscator/obfuscate.py
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
from typing import List, Dict
from obfuscator.logger import get_logger
+# Create the logger
logger = get_logger("Obfuscator")
-
def obfuscate(
data: List[Dict[str, str]], pii_fields: List[str]
) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
+ """
+ A function to obfuscate PII fields in a list of dictionaries, replacing
+ sensitive values with a string of asterisks.
+ """
+ # If no data is provided, log a message and return an empty list
if not data:
logger.info("No valid data was provided to obfuscate")
return []
+ # Obfuscate the PII fields in each record using a list/dict comprehension
+ # This code is good but makes debugging a bit tricky. I may consider
+ # breaking it down into a for loop.
return [
{k: ("***" if k in pii_fields else v) for k, v in record.items()}
for record in data
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