# How to detect these issues for my checklist (Regex):

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**Created:** [May 5, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/how-to-detect-these-issues-for-my-checklist-regex/1009 "2023-05-05T13:53:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ibrahim](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.xbench.net/ibrahim/32/421_2.png) [@Ibrahim](https://forum.xbench.net/u/Ibrahim)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/how-to-detect-these-issues-for-my-checklist-regex/1009/1 "2023-05-05T13:53:31Z")

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How to detect these issues for my checklist (Regex):

- Space before ending brackets “), ], }, \>”
- Space After starting brackets “(, [, {, \<”

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**Author:** ![scavicchio](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.xbench.net/scavicchio/32/482_2.png) [@scavicchio](https://forum.xbench.net/u/scavicchio)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/how-to-detect-these-issues-for-my-checklist-regex/1009/2 "2023-05-10T00:15:29Z")

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Hello!  
I am not an expert in Regex, but what I know is that for space we have to use [:space:] and before any sign we have to use a “\”. For example, you should use: “[:space:]\)” to find a space before an ending parenthesis; “[:space:]\]” to find a space before an ending bracket, and so forth. And to find a space after a starting curly bracket, you use “\{[:space:]”, and so on. Maybe there is other simple way to do it, but that’s what I use in my checklists.

Best regards,  
Sílvia