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Char::IsLetterOrDigit Method (String^, Int32)

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Indicates whether the character at the specified position in a specified string is categorized as a letter or a decimal digit.

Namespace:   System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

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static bool IsLetterOrDigit(
	String^ s,
	int index
)

Parameters

s
Type: System::String^

A string.

index
Type: System::Int32

The position of the character to evaluate in s.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if the character at position index in s is a letter or a decimal digit; otherwise, false.

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

s is null.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

index is less than zero or greater than the last position in s.

Character positions in a string are indexed starting from zero.

Valid letters and decimal digits are members of the following categories in UnicodeCategory: UppercaseLetter, LowercaseLetter, TitlecaseLetter, ModifierLetter, OtherLetter, or DecimalDigitNumber.

The following code example demonstrates IsLetterOrDigit.

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using namespace System;
int main()
{
   String^ str =  "newline:\n";
   Console::WriteLine( Char::IsLetterOrDigit( '8' ) ); // Output: "True"
   Console::WriteLine( Char::IsLetterOrDigit( str, 8 ) ); // Output: "False", because it's a newline
}

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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