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Old 12-03-2013
Try:-
Code:
["a-z"])

and
Code:
["A-Z"])

EDIT:
My error only works for a or z or A or Z...

---------- Post updated at 03:32 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:10 PM ----------

It works longhand:-
Code:
[abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz])

and
Code:
[ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ])

From a cygwin session:-
Code:
AMIGA:~> while true; do read var; case "$var" in [abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz]) echo "Lower case alphabet $var" ;; [ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ]) echo "Upper case alphabet $var" ;; esac; done
a
Lower case alphabet a
A
Upper case alphabet A
f
Lower case alphabet f
F
Upper case alphabet F
K
Upper case alphabet K
k
Lower case alphabet k
Z
Upper case alphabet Z
z
Lower case alphabet z

AMIGA:~> _

Last edited by wisecracker; 12-03-2013 at 11:16 AM.. Reason: See above...
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