# {py:mod}`arelle.utils.validate.Characters`

```{py:module} arelle.utils.validate.Characters
```

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.utils.validate.Characters
:allowtitles:
```

## Module Contents

### Functions

````{list-table}
:class: autosummary longtable
:align: left

* - {py:obj}`findProhibitedCharacters <arelle.utils.validate.Characters.findProhibitedCharacters>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.utils.validate.Characters.findProhibitedCharacters
    :summary:
    ```
````

### API

````{py:function} findProhibitedCharacters(text: str | None, pattern: regex.Pattern[str]) -> set[str]
:canonical: arelle.utils.validate.Characters.findProhibitedCharacters

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.utils.validate.Characters.findProhibitedCharacters
```
````