egbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The string method isalpha() returns True when all characters in the
> string are alphabetic. Unfortunately the underscore is not alphabetic.
> A function that does what I need is:
>
> def alfa_(w):
> return "".join(w.split("_")).isalpha()
>
> but for the kind of strings that I have this is about ten times
> slower than isalpha() sec. Any suggestions ?
> Thanks.
what about
def alfa_(w):
return w.isalpha() or w.find('_') != -1
? but yes it does scan `w' twice ..
You could also do something like:
def alfa_(w):
for c in w:
if not c.isalpha() and not c == '_':
return False
return True
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