perlquestion dmorgo Fellow Monks, <p> I slipped into a deep
meditation for the last several months, and neglected to stay
informed about the most recent best practices for pattern
matching of alphabetic characters in multiple languages. Thus I
have returned and am seeking any enlightenment you may be able
to provide. <p> In English, one can say: <p> <code> if
(/^(\w+)$/) { print "found [$1]\n"; } </code> <p> or if you
don't want underscores: <p> <code> if (/^([A-Za-z]+)$/) { print
"found [$1]\n"; } </code> <p> Then I seem to recall this is
supported, but maybe not on older Perls (not a problem; I have a
newish Perl): <p> <code> if (/^([[:alpha:]]+)$/) { print "found
[$1]\n"; } </code> <p> I'm sure it's a FAQ, but I'm looking for
the latest up-to-date best practices on this FAQ. The question
is: will the above work for any alphabetical language? Or does
it only work for the language of my current locale setting
(whatever that is - I've been fuzzy on that ever since learning
that one legal setting for locale is