Python String isalpha() Method

Description

Python string method isalpha() checks whether the string consists of alphabetic characters only.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for islpha() method −

str.isalpha()

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

This method returns true if all characters in the string are alphabetic and there is at least one character, false otherwise.

Example

The following example shows the usage of isalpha() method.

#!/usr/bin/python

str = "this";  # No space & digit in this string
print str.isalpha()

str = "this is string example....wow!!!";
print str.isalpha()

When we run above program, it produces following result −

True
False