Here you can find the source of isLetter(char ch)
public static boolean isLetter(char ch)
//package com.java2s; /*/* w w w . jav a 2 s . c o m*/ * Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Geometer Plus <contact@geometerplus.com> * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA * 02110-1301, USA. */ public class Main { public static boolean isLetter(char ch) { return (('a' <= ch) && (ch <= 'z')) || (('A' <= ch) && (ch <= 'Z')) || // ' is "letter" (in French, for example) (ch == '\'') || // ^ is "letter" (in Esperanto) (ch == '^') || // latin1 ((0xC0 <= ch) && (ch <= 0xFF) && (ch != 0xD7) && (ch != 0xF7)) || // extended latin1 ((0x100 <= ch) && (ch <= 0x178)) || // cyrillic ((0x410 <= ch) && (ch <= 0x44F)) || // cyrillic YO & yo (ch == 0x401) || (ch == 0x451); } }