using special characters Topic is solved

[vjlantergmailcom]

The following code is just me trying to get around a problem. If I type the letters b and d I get BadDad13. What I need is BadDad13#1 to be returned. I get the error;

Error: Illegal character in expression.

Text: #1)
Line: 1

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RunAs Administrator, BadDad13`#1
#SingleInstance Force
::bd::BadDad13`#1
return

[gregster]

`# is not listed among the allowed escape sequences: https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/misc/EscapeChar.htm
For hotstrings (or Send), use either text mode or braces:

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:T:bd::BadDad13#1

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::bd::BadDad13{#}1

Edit:
Your error message seems to indicate that you are using AHK v2. which has some syntax differences compared to AHK v1. Then, I would try:

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RunAs "Administrator", "BadDad13#1"
#SingleInstance Force
:T:bd::BadDad13#1

Compare RunAs (v2). But it doesn't make much sense without following Run or RunWait - which I don't see in the snippet, though it could be in your actual code. So is it really what you want?
Or rather run the script as admin (https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/lib/Run.htm#RunAs) ?

[vjlantergmailcom]

I didn't want to leave this topic hanging on my response. The following code did the trick for special characters;

:T:bd::BadDad13#1


I'm still working on the difference between v1 and v2. I need to just pay attention to v2 syntax.