The isalpha()
method in Python is a String Method that returns True
if all characters in the string are alphabetic (letters), otherwise it returns False
. It will return False
if the string is empty or contains any non-alphabetic character.
Parameter Values
This function does not accept any parameters.Return Values
The isalpha()
method returns a bool
, either True
or False
.
How to Use isalpha()
in Python
Example 1:
The isalpha()
method returns True
if all characters in the string are alphabetic (a-z, A-Z), otherwise it returns False
.
'Hello'.isalpha() # Output: True
Example 2:
The isalpha()
method also returns False
if the string contains spaces or special characters.
'Hello World'.isalpha() # Output: False
Example 3:
It can be useful for checking if a string contains only alphabetic characters before processing the string further.
'123'.isalpha() # Output: False