Illegal character
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In computer science, an illegal character is a character that is not allowed by a certain programming language, protocol, or program.[1] To avoid illegal characters, some languages may use an escape character which is a backslash followed by another character.[2]
Examples
Windows
In the Windows operating system, illegal characters in file and folder names include colons, brackets, question marks,[3] and null characters.[4]
| Character | Name |
|---|---|
| < | less than |
| > | greater than |
| : | colon |
| " | speech marks |
| / | forward slash |
| \ | backslash |
| | | pipe |
| ? | question mark |
| * | asterisk |
References
- ↑ "illegal character | Encyclopedia.com". https://www.encyclopedia.com/computing/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/illegal-character.
- ↑ "Python Escape Characters" (in en-US). https://www.w3schools.com/python/gloss_python_escape_characters.asp.
- ↑ "What Are Illegal Characters? (with pictures)" (in en-US). 2023-08-12. http://www.easytechjunkie.com/what-are-illegal-characters.htm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 alvinashcraft (2022-12-15). "Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces - Win32 apps" (in en-us). https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file.
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