Regex para verificar se a string contém caracteres especiais javascript
var format = /[ `!@#$%^&*()_+\-=\[\]{};':"\\|,.<>\/?~]/;
// ^ ^
document.write(format.test("My@string-with(some%text)") + "<br/>"); //true
document.write(format.test("My string with spaces") + "<br/>"); //true
document.write(format.test("MyStringContainingNoSpecialChars")); //false
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