Formula to check using only certain characters

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I need help for a formula to verify that only certain characters are being used in an adjacent cell.

Example
Cell A1 value: [AA_Abcd]12345678;QS_Foujsf
Cell B1 formula: will check to ensure that only upper and lower case characters, square brackets and semicolon are used in cell A1

I am pretty sure this could be done with a macro but want to avoid using a macro if at all possible.

Thanks!!!
 

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B1 (Ctrl+Shift+Enter):
Code:
=AND(MATCH(MID(A2,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A2))),1),{";";"[";"]";"A";"B";"C";"D";"E";"F";"G";"H";"I";"J";"K";"L";"M";"N";"O";"P";"Q";"R";"S";"T";"U";"V";"W";"X";"Y";"Z"},0))
 
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