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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Strings
Date: 2000/05/27
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In article <8gntbr$mei$2@news.cowan.edu.au>,
  "Karlene" <kejohnso@student.ecu.edu.au> wrote:
> How can you validate a string (eg a name of a person) to check
that it only
> contains characters, not integers?  I have tried exceptions in
my program,
> but it dosent seem to cover it.


A string can never contain integers, so this question is
completely meaningless. I would suspect it is really a
simple question about the logic of your assignment, something
you need to figure out, rather than a language question.


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