Check if a String contains a special character

java string special-characters
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How do you check if a String contains a special character like: 

[,],{,},{,),*,|,:,>,

Answer

oliver31 picture oliver31 · Nov 25, 2009 
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("[^a-z0-9 ]", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
Matcher m = p.matcher("I am a string");
boolean b = m.find();

if (b)
   System.out.println("There is a special character in my string");

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