require 'chars/chars'

class String

  def numeric?
    Chars::NUMERIC === self
  end

  def octal?
    Chars::OCTAL === self
  end

  def uppercase_hex?
    Chars::UPPERCASE_HEXADECIMAL === self
  end

  def lowercase_hex?
    Chars::LOWERCASE_HEXADECIMAL === self
  end

  def hex?
    Chars::HEXADECIMAL === self
  end

  def uppercase_alpha?
    Chars::UPPERCASE_ALPHA === self
  end

  def lowercase_alpha?
    Chars::LOWERCASE_ALPHA === self
  end

  def alpha?
    Chars::ALPHA === self
  end

  def alpha_numeric?
    Chars::ALPHA_NUMERIC === self
  end

  def punctuation?
    Chars::PUNCTUATION === self
  end

  def symbolic?
    Chars::SYMBOLS === self
  end

  def space?
    Chars::SPACE === self
  end

  def printable?
    Chars::PRINTABLE === self
  end

  def control?
    Chars::CONTROL === self
  end

  def ascii?
    Chars::ASCII === self
  end

end