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Checks if the String contains only unicode letters
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public class Main {
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Checks if the String contains only unicode letters.</p>
*
* <p><code>null</code> will return <code>false</code>.
* An empty String ("") will return <code>true</code>.</p>
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.isAlpha(null) = false
* StringUtils.isAlpha("") = true
* StringUtils.isAlpha(" ") = false
* StringUtils.isAlpha("abc") = true
* StringUtils.isAlpha("ab2c") = false
* StringUtils.isAlpha("ab-c") = false
* </pre>
*
* @param str the String to check, may be null
* @return <code>true</code> if only contains letters, and is non-null
*/
public static boolean isAlpha(String str) {
if (str == null) {
return false;
}
int sz = str.length();
for (int i = 0; i < sz; i++) {
if (Character.isLetter(str.charAt(i)) == false) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
}
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