diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/InputHandler.java b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/InputHandler.java
index 533cb5c00..5fd16db96 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/InputHandler.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/InputHandler.java
@@ -1172,6 +1172,15 @@ public abstract class InputHandler extends KeyAdapter
                                 textArea.getToolkit().beep();
                         }
                 }
+
+                public boolean hasBracketsAndQuotes(String str){
+                        for (String bracketsAndQuotes : bracketsAndQuotesMap.keySet())
+                        {
+                                if (str.equals(bracketsAndQuotes))
+                                        return true;
+                        }
+                        return false;
+                }
         }