regex - Java support for non english regular expressions -


i have requirement validate user names (contains alphabet). user entering in spanish. cannot use common regx [a-za-z]. possible validate using java regular expressions?. suggestion on different approach fine?

use unicode based letter symbol:

\\p{l} 

also can create pattern pattern.unicode_case option unicode support:

pattern p = pattern.compile(regex, pattern.unicode_case); 

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