>>> string_1 = "(555).555-5555"
>>> string_2 = "(555) 555 - 5555 ext. 5555"
>>> any(c.isalpha() for c in string_1)
False
>>> any(c.isalpha() for c in string_2)
True
import re
string='24234ww'
val = re.search('[a-zA-Z]+',string)
val[0].isalpha() # returns True if the variable is an alphabet
print(val[0]) # this will print the first instance of the matching value
Also note that if variable Val returns None. That means the search did not find a 火柴