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Caché & Ensemble 2018.1.5 > MultiValue Features of Caché > Caché MultiValue Basic Reference > Caché MultiValue Basic Functions > ALPHA
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ALPHA

Determines if a string is alphabetic or not.

Synopsis

ALPHA(string)

Arguments

string An expression that resolves to a string.

Description

If string consists entirely of alphabetic characters, ALPHA returns 1. Otherwise, ALPHA returns 0. Note that blank spaces are non-alphabetic characters. Dynamic array separator characters are considered to be alphabetic characters. On a Unicode system ALPHA recognizes Unicode letters as alphabetic characters.

Examples

The following example uses the ALPHA function to determine if a string consists of only alphabetic characters:

PRINT ALPHA("abcdefg");    ! Returns 1
PRINT ALPHA("AbCdEfG");    ! Returns 1
PRINT ALPHA("my string");  ! Returns 0 (space not allowed)
PRINT ALPHA("half-wit");   ! Returns 0 (hyphen not allowed)
PRINT ALPHA("");           ! Returns 0
PRINT ALPHA(123);          ! Returns 0
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