erikd (4/15/2013)
Sean Lange (4/15/2013)
erikd (4/15/2013)
Really?! There's not an ISALPHA or anything to test for woogy symbols? That's... :unsure:ISAPLHA?? What would you be testing for? Not exactly sure what "woogy symbols" are. 😉
Er... things that aren't letters or numbers.
That would be dependent on a number of things, mostly what language? What is not considered a letter by you may very well be a legitimate letter somebody else that speaks another language. If you mean a-z and 0-9 that is what regex is for.
The rules for setting up a built in function would be far more complicated than a quick test of your own.
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