Special Characters
- Jonathan Cohen
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 |
|---|---|
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 |
|---|
Comma (,) |
Dollar sign ($) |
Period (.) |
Pound sign (#) |
Underscore (_) |
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