# Is there a way to look for all non-ascii unicode symbols in my project?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-look-for-all-non-ascii-unicode-symbols-in-my-project/110647
**Category:** VS Code
**Tags:** vscode, unicode
**Created:** [February 23, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-look-for-all-non-ascii-unicode-symbols-in-my-project/110647 "2024-02-23T14:29:30Z")
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### Author: ![sylvaticus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sylvaticus/32/203883_2.png) [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-look-for-all-non-ascii-unicode-symbols-in-my-project/110647/1 "2024-02-23T14:29:30Z")

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I want to check the usage of Unicode symbols on my package (like β, η…), is there any way to use the search project in VSCode for Unicode non-ascii symbols ?

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### Author: ![piechologist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/piechologist/32/27662_2.png) [@piechologist](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/piechologist)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-look-for-all-non-ascii-unicode-symbols-in-my-project/110647/2 "2024-02-23T14:54:28Z")

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Paste `[^\x00-\x7F]` into the search field and click on the `.*` button (“Use Regular Expression”).

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### Author: ![sylvaticus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sylvaticus/32/203883_2.png) [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-look-for-all-non-ascii-unicode-symbols-in-my-project/110647/3 "2024-02-23T14:56:14Z")

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> [@piechologist](#):
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> `[^\x00-\x7F]`

worked perfectly, thank you !
