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LetterQ

LetterQ(expr)

tests whether expr is a string, which only contains letters.

A character is considered to be a letter if its general category type, provided by the Java method Character#getType() is any of the following:

  • UPPERCASE_LETTER
  • LOWERCASE_LETTER
  • TITLECASE_LETTER
  • MODIFIER_LETTER
  • OTHER_LETTER

Not all letters have case. Many characters are letters but are neither uppercase nor lowercase nor titlecase.

Examples

>> LetterQ("k")
True
>> LetterQ("7")", //
False

Implementation status

  • ✅ - full supported

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