There's a regex character class for that Alphabetical only? $value =~ /[[:alpha:]]/ Ascii only? $value =~ /[[:ascii:]]/ http://perldoc.perl.org/perlrecharcla

There's a regex character class for that Alphabetical only? $value =~ /[[:alpha:]]/ Ascii only? $value =~ /[[:ascii:]]/ http://perldoc.perl.org/perlrecharclass.html#Bracketed-Character-Classes http://perldoc.perl.org/perlrecharclass.html#Bracketed-Chara...