How can I check if a string contains ANY letters from the alphabet?

Question

What is best pure Python implementation to check if a string contains ANY letters from the alphabet?

string_1 = \"(555).555-5555\"
string_2 = \"(555) 555 - 5         


        

Answer 1

You can use regular expression like this:

import re

print re.search('[a-zA-Z]+',string)