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Non-ASCII characters

Reports code elements that use non-ASCII symbols in an unusual context.

Example:

  • Non-ASCII characters used in identifiers, strings, or comments.

  • Identifiers written in different languages, such as myСollection with the letter C written in Cyrillic.

  • Comments or strings containing Unicode symbols, such as long dashes and arrows.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

NonAsciiCharacters
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Internationalization

Inspection ID: NonAsciiCharacters

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Non-ASCII characters inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Report files starting with a BOM

Option ID:

CHECK_FOR_FILES_CONTAINING_BOM

Default value:

Not selected
Report Non-ASCII Characters In

Default value:

None
Report Mixed ASCII/Non-ASCII Characters In

Default value:

None

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection NonAsciiCharacters

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Last modified: 18 September 2025