# ISALPHA()

Checks if leftmost character in a string is an alphabetic character

Syntax

  ISALPHA( <cString> ) --> lAlpha

Arguments

  <cString> Any character string

Returns

  lAlpha Logical true (.T.) or false (.F.).

Description

  This function return a logical true (.T.) if the first character in <cString> is an alphabetic character.If not, the function will return a logical false (.F.).

Examples

          QOUT( "isalpha( 'hello' ) = ", isalpha( 'hello' ) )
          QOUT( "isalpha( '12345' ) = ", isalpha( '12345' ) )

Status

  Ready

Compliance

  This function is CA-Clipper compliant

Platforms

  All

Files

  Library is rtl

See Also

- ISDIGIT()
- ISLOWER()
- ISUPPER()
- LOWER()
- UPPER()