arelle.utils.validate.Characters

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Functions

findProhibitedCharacters

Find all characters in text that match the prohibited-character pattern.

API

arelle.utils.validate.Characters.findProhibitedCharacters(text: str | None, pattern: regex.Pattern[str]) → set[str]

Find all characters in text that match the prohibited-character pattern.

A prohibited-character pattern typically matches characters NOT in an allowed set.

Parameters:

• text – Text to scan (None or empty returns empty set)

• pattern – Compiled regex that matches prohibited characters

Returns:

Set of matched prohibited characters