How to error check a string for numbers?

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PJ
PJ on 15 Oct 2018
Commented: PJ on 15 Oct 2018
So I have an input
name = input('Please enter your name:\n', 's');
How can I error check so that a user cannot enter any numbers for it?
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madhan ravi
madhan ravi on 15 Oct 2018
What should be the error check ,an example?
PJ
PJ on 15 Oct 2018
If I enter 7 as an input, it should ask the user to enter a valid name

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KSSV
KSSV on 15 Oct 2018
name = input('Please enter your name:\n', 's');
if isnan(str2double(name))
fprintf('Input is a string\n')
end
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PJ
PJ on 15 Oct 2018
This gives me an error now if I enter a name but it gives me a go if I enter a number. I need it to do the opposite.

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