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