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Valid Characters

The following table contains valid characters that are to be used when submitting files to UPS. Not all characters are allowed in all fields. Please refer to the Data Type Detail Appendix for data specifications. Any invalid characters that are submitted will cause an error and that character will be replaced with a space when processed.

Note: Lowercase alpha characters are valid for e-mail addresses only.

ANSI Character

Description

A

Uppercase A

B

Uppercase B

C

Uppercase C

D

Uppercase D

E

Uppercase E

F

Uppercase F

G

Uppercase G

H

Uppercase H

I

Uppercase I

J

Uppercase J

K

Uppercase K

L

Uppercase L

M

Uppercase M

N

Uppercase N

O

Uppercase O

P

Uppercase P

Q

Uppercase Q

R

Uppercase R

S

Uppercase S

T

Uppercase T

U

Uppercase U

V

Uppercase V

W

Uppercase W

X

Uppercase X

Y

Uppercase Y

Z

Uppercase Z

a

Lowercase a

b

Lowercase b

c

Lowercase c

d

Lowercase d

e

Lowercase e

f

Lowercase f

g

Lowercase g

h

Lowercase h

i

Lowercase I

j

Lowercase j

k

Lowercase k

l

Lowercase l

m

Lowercase m

n

Lowercase n

o

Lowercase o

p

Lowercase p

q

Lowercase q

r

Lowercase r

s

Lowercase s

t

Lowercase t

u

Lowercase u

v

Lowercase v

w

Lowercase w

x

Lowercase x

y

Lowercase y

z

Lowercase z

0

Zero

1

One

2

Two

3

Three

4

Four

5

Five

6

Six

7

Seven

8

Eight

9

Nine

 

Space

.

Period

,

Comma

:

Colon

;

Semicolon

?

Question Mark

!

Exclamation Mark

@

At-sign

#

Cross Hatch (number sign)

$

Dollar Sign

%

Percent Sign

^

Caret (circumflex)

&

Ampersand

_

Underscore

"

Quotation Mark

*

Asterisk (star, multiply)

-

Hyphen, Dash, Minus

+

Plus Sign

=

Equals Sign

>

Greater Than Sign

<

Less Than Sign

/

Slant (forward slash, divide)

\

Reverse Slant (backslash)

[

Opening Square Bracket

]

Closing Square Bracket

Opening Single Quote

Closing Single Quote (apostrophe)

(

Opening Parentheses

)

Closing Parentheses

{

Opening Curly Brace

}

Closing Curly Brace

~

Tilde (approximate)

|

Vertical Line