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On 04/02/2012 11:07 PM, deuteros wrote:
>
> I mean the string contains a single letter and nothing more. For example:
>
> a  - Legal
> A  - Legal
> aa - Illegal
> a1 - Illegal

Then you'd probably start by checking 'Length for the String to be sure it's 1. 
Then you'd check that the single Character in the String is a letter, probably 
using an operation in Ada.Characters.Handling.

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