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).

How do I grep for a greater than symbol?

I am trying to grep for a php function call grep -Ri '->someFunction' . But it's not working. What …

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Why Subversion skips files which contain the @ symbol?

when I try to execute command like this (from a command-line or Perl script - it doesn't matter): svn revert "…

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How do you spell/pronounce all the special characters and symbols

I sometimes need to look for information for a special portion of code. When this code concerns or contains a …

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Convert special character (i.e. Umlaut) to most likely representation in ascii

i am looking for a method or maybe a conversion table that knows how to convert Umlauts and special characters …

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Producing symbols from HTML characters in FPDF

I have a government client that requires the legal 'section symbol' (§) in their documents. When creating the documents in a …

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PowerShell Invoke-Expression command parameter contains comma

What should I do when a password contains PowerShell special characters? Invoke-Expression -Command "net use x: $Path /USER:domain1\user1 7…

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Json file to powershell and back to json file

I am trying to manipulate json file data in powershell and write it back to the file. Even before the …

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Use sub-/superscript and special characters in legend texts of R plots

I generate a plot for multiple datasets. Each of the datasets should get it's own legend, which might contain greek …

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How to filter results with special characters using jQuery DataTables plugin?

I am using the jQuery DataTables plugin in my application, and many of my table rows and filters have special …

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