Char.IsLetter Method
Definition
Indicates whether a Unicode character is categorized as a Unicode letter.
Overloads
IsLetter(Char) |
Indicates whether the specified Unicode character is categorized as a Unicode letter. |
IsLetter(String, Int32) |
Indicates whether the character at the specified position in a specified string is categorized as a Unicode letter. |
Examples
The following code example demonstrates IsLetter.
using namespace System;
int main()
{
char ch = '8';
Console::WriteLine( Char::IsLetter( ch ) ); // False
Console::WriteLine( Char::IsLetter( "sample string", 7 ) ); // True
}
using System;
public class IsLetterSample {
public static void Main() {
char ch = '8';
Console.WriteLine(Char.IsLetter(ch)); // False
Console.WriteLine(Char.IsLetter("sample string", 7)); // True
}
}
Module IsLetterSample
Sub Main()
Dim ch8 As Char
ch8 = "8"c
Console.WriteLine(Char.IsLetter(ch8)) ' Output: "False"
Console.WriteLine(Char.IsLetter("sample string", 5)) ' Output: "True"
End Sub
End Module
Remarks
This method determines whether a Char is a member of any category of Unicode letter. Unicode letters include the following:
Uppercase letters, such as U+0041 (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A) through U+005A (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z), or U+0400 (CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IE WITH GRAVE) through U+042F (CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YA). These characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.UppercaseLetter category.
Lowercase letters, such as U+0061 (LATIN SMALL LETTER A) through U+007A (LATIN SMALL LETTER Z), or U+03AC (GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS) through U+03CE (GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS). These characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.LowercaseLetter category.
Title case letters, such as U+01C5 (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON) or U+1FFC (GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA WITH PROSGEGRAMMENI). These characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.TitlecaseLetter category.
Modifiers, such as U+02B0 (MODIFIER LETTER SMALL H) through U+02C1 (MODIFIER LETTER REVERSED GLOTTAL STOP), or U+1D2C (MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL A) through U+1D61 (MODIFIER LETTER SMALL CHI). These characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.ModifierLetter category.
Other letters, such as U+05D0 (HEBREW LETTER ALEF) through U+05EA (HEBREW LETTER TAV), U+0621 (ARABIC LETTER HAMZA) through U+063A (ARABIC LETTER GHAIN), or U+4E00 (<CJK Ideograph, First>) through U+9FC3 (<CJK Ideograph, Last>). These characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.OtherLetter category.
IsLetter(Char)
Indicates whether the specified Unicode character is categorized as a Unicode letter.
public:
static bool IsLetter(char c);
public static bool IsLetter (char c);
static member IsLetter : char -> bool
Public Shared Function IsLetter (c As Char) As Boolean
Parameters
- c
- Char
The Unicode character to evaluate.
Returns
true
if c
is a letter; otherwise, false
.
Remarks
This method determines whether a Char is a member of any category of Unicode letter. Unicode letters include the following:
Uppercase letters, such as U+0041 (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A) through U+005A (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z), or U+0400 (CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IE WITH GRAVE) through U+042F (CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YA). These characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.UppercaseLetter category.
Lowercase letters, such as U+0061 (LATIN SMALL LETTER A) through U+007A (LATIN SMALL LETTER Z), or U+03AC (GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS) through U+03CE (GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS). These characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.LowercaseLetter category.
Title case letters, such as U+01C5 (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON) or U+1FFC (GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA WITH PROSGEGRAMMENI). These characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.TitlecaseLetter category.
Modifiers, such as U+02B0 (MODIFIER LETTER SMALL H) through U+02C1 (MODIFIER LETTER REVERSED GLOTTAL STOP), or U+1D2C (MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL A) through U+1D61 (MODIFIER LETTER SMALL CHI). These characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.ModifierLetter category.
Other letters, such as U+05D0 (HEBREW LETTER ALEF) through U+05EA (HEBREW LETTER TAV), U+0621 (ARABIC LETTER HAMZA) through U+063A (ARABIC LETTER GHAIN), or U+4E00 (<CJK Ideograph, First>) through U+9FC3 (<CJK Ideograph, Last>). These characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.OtherLetter category.
See also
Applies to
IsLetter(String, Int32)
Indicates whether the character at the specified position in a specified string is categorized as a Unicode letter.
public:
static bool IsLetter(System::String ^ s, int index);
public static bool IsLetter (string s, int index);
static member IsLetter : string * int -> bool
Public Shared Function IsLetter (s As String, index As Integer) As Boolean
Parameters
- s
- String
A string.
- index
- Int32
The position of the character to evaluate in s
.
Returns
true
if the character at position index
in s
is a letter; otherwise, false
.
Exceptions
s
is null
.
index
is less than zero or greater than the last position in s
.
Remarks
Character positions in a string are indexed starting from zero.
This method determines whether the character at a specified index position in a string is a member of any category of Unicode letter. Unicode letters include the following:
Uppercase letters, such as U+0041 (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A) through U+005A (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z), or U+0400 (CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IE WITH GRAVE) through U+042F (CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YA). These characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.UppercaseLetter category.
Lowercase letters, such as U+0061 (LATIN SMALL LETTER A) through U+007A (LATIN SMALL LETTER Z), or U+03AC (GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS) through U+03CE (GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS). These characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.LowercaseLetter category.
Title case letters, such as U+01C5 (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON) or U+1FFC (GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA WITH PROSGEGRAMMENI). These characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.TitlecaseLetter category.
Modifiers, such as U+02B0 (MODIFIER LETTER SMALL H) through U+02C1 (MODIFIER LETTER REVERSED GLOTTAL STOP), or U+1D2C (MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL A) through U+1D61 (MODIFIER LETTER SMALL CHI). These characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.ModifierLetter category.
Other letters, such as U+05D0 (HEBREW LETTER ALEF) through U+05EA (HEBREW LETTER TAV), U+0621 (ARABIC LETTER HAMZA) through U+063A (ARABIC LETTER GHAIN), or U+4E00 (<CJK Ideograph, First>) through U+9FC3 (<CJK Ideograph, Last>). These characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.OtherLetter category.