## Copyright (C) 1998 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## @deftypefn {Function File } { @var{bool} =} isletter(@var{s})
## Returns true if @var{s} is a letter false otherwise.
## @end deftypefn
## @seealso{isalpha}

## Author: jwe

function retval = isletter (s)

  if (nargin != 1)
    usage ("isletter (s)");
  endif

  retval = isalpha (s);

endfunction