Python String Method – isalpha()

isalpha() Method –

isalpha() method returns True if all the characters of a string are alphabets and returns False if not.

Syntax –

string.isalpha()

Example –

In [1]: string1 = 'python'

In [2]: string1.isalpha()
Out[2]: True

In [3]: string2 = 'python3'

In [4]: string2.isalpha()
Out[4]: False

The second example contains a number along with the alphabets that is why it is False. If you want to check whether a string contains alphabets or numbers then we use isalnum() method.

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