Special Characters

Special Characters To Be Escaped

The following special characters must be escapted with a '\' backspace before being submitted to USTA.

Special Character

Notes on behavior

Special Character

Notes on behavior

Ampersand(&)

Red\&Blue

Asterisk(*)

\*Red Oak\*

At sign (@)

tom\@abc.com

Brackets [ ]

\[Red Oak\]

Braces ( )

\(Red Oak\)

Backslash (\)

\\

Caret (^)

\^

Colon (:)

30\:30

Equal sign (=)

Age\=50

Exclaimation point (!)

Nationals\!

Forward slash (/)

https\:\\\\

Greater than symbol (>) Less than symbol (<)

\<Men\'s 50 And Over\>

Minus sign (-)

6\-0

Parentheses ()

\(Men\'s 50 And Over\)

Percent sign (%)

50\%

Plus sign (+)

Red\+Blue

Question mark (?)

\?

Semicolon (;)

Red\+Blue\;Green

Single quotation mark (')

\'Top Dog\'

Tilde (~)

\~

Vertical bar (|)

Red\|Green\|Yellow

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Special Characters That Do Not Need To Be Escaped

The following special characters must do not require an escape.

Special Character

Special Character

Comma (,)

Dollar sign ($)

Period (.)

Pound sign (#)

Underscore (_)

Â