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How can I match a locale-smart version of `/[a-zA-Z]/`?

One alphabetic character would be /[^\W\d_]/, no matter what locale you're in. Non-alphabetics would be /[\W\d_]/ (assuming you don't consider an underscore a letter).

Source: Perl FAQ: Regexps
Copyright: Copyright (c) 1997 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.

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How can I match a locale-smart version of /[a-zA-Z]/?

How can I match a locale-smart version of /[a-zA-Z]/?

How can I match a locale-smart version of `/[a-zA-Z]/`?

How can I match a locale-smart version of `/[a-zA-Z]/`?