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title: strings.isLetter() function
description: >
`strings.isLetter()` tests if a single character string is a letter (a-z, A-Z).
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`strings.isLetter()` tests if a single character string is a letter (a-z, A-Z).
##### Function type signature
```js
(v: string) => bool
```
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For more information, see [Function type signatures](/flux/v0/function-type-signatures/).
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## Parameters
### v
({{< req >}})
Single-character string to test.
## Examples
### Filter by columns with digits as values
```js
import "strings"
data
|> filter(fn: (r) => strings.isLetter(v: r._value))
```
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#### Input data
| _time | _value | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | s | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | n | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 4 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 4 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | e | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | y | t1 |
| _time | _value | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | a | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | p | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 4 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 7 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | v | t2 |
#### Output data
| _time | _value | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | s | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | n | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | e | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | y | t1 |
| _time | _value | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | a | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | p | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | v | t2 |
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