How to find whether a string contains any of the special characters?

Question

I want to find whether a string contains any of the special characters like !,@,#,$,%,^,&,*,(,)....etc.

How can I do that without looping thorugh all the charact

Answer 1

Linq is the new black.

string.Any(c => char.IsSymbol(c));

For IsSymbol(), valid symbols are members of UnicodeCategory.

• Letterlike symbols, which include a set of mathematical alphanumeric symbols as well as symbols such as ℅, №, and ™
• Number forms, such as subscripts and superscripts
• Mathematical operators and arrows
• Geometric symbols
• Technical symbols
• Braille patterns
• Dingbats

Edit:

This does not catch ALL characters. This may supplement:

string.Any(c => !char.IsLetterOrDigit(c));