Check if a String contains a special character

by 
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("[^a-z0-9 ]", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
Matcher m = p.matcher("I am a string");
boolean b = m.find();

if (b)
   System.out.println("There is a special character in my string");

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