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TCharacter.IsLetter

Check if a Unicode character is a letter.

Declaration

Source position: character.pas line 138

public 
class function IsLetter(aChar: UCS4Char) : Boolean;  overload;  static; overload;

class function IsLetter(AChar: UnicodeChar) : Boolean;  overload
                       ;  static; overload;

class function IsLetter(const AString: UnicodeString; AIndex: Integer)
                        : Boolean;  overload;  static; overload;

Description

IsLetter returns True if a Unicode character has category that is one of the letter categories (ucUppercaseLetter, ucLowercaseLetter, ucTitlecaseLetter, ucModifierLetter, ucOtherLetter). The character can be specified as a UTF16 character AChar or a UTF16 encoded character starting at position AIndex in string AString.

Errors

If AIndex is not a valid character index in the string AString, an EArgumentOutOfRangeException exception is raised. If the character at that position is not complete, an

See also

Name Description
EArgumentException Invalid argument passed to a function.
IsControl Check whether a Unicode character is a Unicode control character.
IsDigit Check whether a Unicode character is a digit.
IsSurrogate Check whether a Unicode character is a surrogate.
IsHighSurrogate Check whether a Unicode character is a surrogate in the high range.
IsLowSurrogate Check whether a Unicode character is a surrogate in the low range.
IsSurrogatePair Check if a pair of characters is a set of high/low surrogate characters.
IsLetter Check if a Unicode character is a letter.
IsLetterOrDigit Check if a Unicode character is a letter or digit.
IsLower Check if a Unicode character is a lowercase letter.
IsNumber Check if a Unicode character is a number.
IsPunctuation Check if a Unicode character is a punctuation character.
IsSymbol Check if a Unicode character is a symbol character.
IsUpper Check whether a Unicode character is an uppercase letter.
IsWhiteSpace Check whether a Unicode character is a whitespace character.