Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2011 Peter Karich * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { public static int countLetters(String str) { int len = str.length(); int chars = 0; for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { if (Character.isLetter(str.charAt(i))) chars++; } return chars; } }