Method Name:
isascii
Method Signature:
isascii()
Parameters:
None
Return Value:
True, if the string is made of all ASCII characters or if the string is empty.
False, if one or more characters of the string is a non-ASCII character.
Method:
isascii()
Overview:
- The isascii() method tests whether the characters of a string is all ASCII or not and returns a Boolean value based on the test result.
- The isascii() method returns True for an empty Python string.
Example:
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# Example Python program to test whether a string is composed full of ASCII characters # or not
# Test a string of katakana characters katakanaString = "片仮名"; asciiTestResult = katakanaString.isascii(); print("\"%s\", consists of one or more ASCII characters:%s"%(katakanaString, asciiTestResult));
# Test an empty string emptyString = ''; asciiTestResult = emptyString.isascii(); print("An empty Python string passes ASCII test:%s"%(asciiTestResult));
# Test an ASCII string asciiText = "Hello World"; asciiTestResult = asciiText.isascii(); print("\"%s\", consists of one or more ASCII characters:%s"%(asciiText, asciiTestResult)); |
Output:
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"片仮名", consists of one or more ASCII characters:False An empty Python string passes ASCII test:True "Hello World", consists of one or more ASCII characters:True |