Top "Special-characters" questions

Special characters (as they apply to programming) are language-specific reserved characters or symbols used to accomplish a specific task (e.g. wildcard characters, data type indicators, escape characters, etc).

Remove all special characters with RegExp

I would like a RegExp that will remove all special characters from a string. I am trying something like this …

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Remove all special characters except space from a string using JavaScript

I want to remove all special characters except space from a string using JavaScript. For example, abc's test#s should …

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Insert text with single quotes in PostgreSQL

I have a table test(id,name). I need to insert values like: user's log, 'my user', customer's. insert into …

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Which characters need to be escaped when using Bash?

Is there any comprehensive list of characters that need to be escaped in Bash? Can it be checked just with …

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Check if a String contains a special character

How do you check if a String contains a special character like: [,],{,},{,),*,|,:,>,

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how do i block or restrict special characters from input fields with jquery?

How do I block special characters from being typed into an input field with jquery?

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grep for special characters in Unix

I have a log file (application.log) which might contain the following string of normal & special characters on multiple …

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Get Character value from KeyCode in JavaScript... then trim

This is what I have now: $("input").bind("keydown",function(e){ var value = this.value + String.fromCharCode(e.keyCode); } If …

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How to write character & in android strings.xml

I wrote the following in the strings.xml file: <string name="game_settings_dragNDropMove_checkBox">Move by Drag&…

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List of special characters for SQL LIKE clause

What is the complete list of all special characters for a SQL (I'm interested in SQL Server but other's would …

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