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Python Build a Social Network with Flask Takin' Names Flask-WTF Forms

Posted by Alejandra Estefanía Aguilera Ávila
Alejandra Estefanía Aguilera Ávila
6,865 Points

I don't quite understand the ASCII thing

Hi,

Can somebody explain to me how that works, how do you know which symbols to use? I think Kenneth just supposed everyone knew this and he doesn't elaborate much on that...

Thanks!

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

The reference to "ASCII" just means that he's using ordinary characters instead of fancy (unicode) characters. The regex character class shown covers upper case letters (A-Z), lower case letters (a-z), numbers (0-9) and the underscore (_).