special character in name for add function not allowed

[junlee1991]

How to replicate the issue: type: add n/ice-coffee u/Cans q/5 e/01-01-2099

the add function doesnt allow "-", "/" symbols etc.

[nus-pe-script]

Team's Response

Thanks for pointing this out, however, the definition of alphanumeric characters from Google is "those comprised of the combined set of the 26 alphabetic characters, A to Z, and the 10 Arabic numerals, 0 to 9". Hence, symbols are not allowed and we have already explicitly mentioned it in the error message as shown in the screenshot you have shared.

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Team chose [response.Rejected]

• [x] I disagree

Reason for disagreement: In some usages, the alphanumeric character set may include both upper- and lower-case letters, punctuation marks and symbols -- such as @, &, and *. For languages other than English, alphanumeric characters include letter variations with accents, such as é and ç.

Source: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/alphanumeric-alphameric#:~:text=Alphanumeric%2C%20also%20referred%20to%20as,Arabic%20numerals%2C%200%20to%209.

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