Character.isJavaLetter

Character.isJavaLetter

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Syntax
public static boolean isJavaLetter( char ch )
Parameters
ch
the character to be tested.
Returns
true if the character is a Java letter; false otherwise.
Description
Note: isJavaLetter() is deprecated. Replaced by isJavaIdentifierStart(char).

Determines if the specified character is a "Java" letter, that is, the character is permissible as the first character in an identifier in the Java language.

A character is considered to be a Java letter if and only if it is a letter, the ASCII dollar sign character '$', or the underscore character '_'.

See Also
isJavaIdentifierStart, isJavaLetterOrDigit, isLetter, isLetterOrDigit, isUnicodeIdentifierStart