how to check if a string has an alphabet character in javascript code example
Example 1: how to check if a string has only alphabets in javascript
if (!/[^a-zA-Z]/.test(word))
Example 2: checking if a character is an alphabet in js
function isLetter(str) {
return str.length === 1 && str.match(/[a-z]/i);
}
Example 3: how to check if a string is alphabetic in javascript
function isAlphaOrParen(str) {
return /^[a-zA-Z()]+$/.test(str);
}
/*/^[a-zA-Z()]*$/ - also returns true for an empty string
/^[a-zA-Z()]$/ - only returns true for single characters.
/^[a-zA-Z() ]+$/ - also allows spaces*/
//better regEX to include question marks too