[Q#6596078][A#6596139] how to find String contain any alphabetic or numeric characters using java?

https://stackoverflow.com/q/6596078

Possible Duplicate: Simple way to determine if string is only characters, or to check if string contains any numbers in Java I want to find if a given String has any alphabetic or numeric characters. How would I do this using java? Thanks

Answer

https://stackoverflow.com/a/6596139

APIzation

String s = "%$a*";
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9]");
Matcher m = p.matcher(s);
if (m.find())
  System.out.println("The string \"" + s + "\" contains alphanumerical characters.");

package com.stackoverflow.api;

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Human6596139 {

  public static boolean isStringAlphanumeric(String s) {
    Pattern p = Pattern.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9]");
    Matcher m = p.matcher(s);
    if (m.find()) System.out.println(
      "The string \"" + s + "\" contains alphanumerical characters."
    );

    return m.find();
  }
}

package com.stackoverflow.api;

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

/**
 * how to find String contain any alphabetic or numeric characters using java?
 *
 * @author APIzator
 * @see <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/6596139">https://stackoverflow.com/a/6596139</a>
 */
public class APIzator6596139 {

  public static void find(String s) throws Exception {
    Pattern p = Pattern.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9]");
    Matcher m = p.matcher(s);
    if (m.find()) System.out.println(
      "The string \"" + s + "\" contains alphanumerical characters."
    );
  }
}