var s:String = "dog123";
var regNum:RegExp = /[0-9]/;
 
trace ("String: "+s);
 
// one-off check using the 'new RegExp' class
trace("Char 2 is a letter = "+(new RegExp("[A-Za-z]")).test(s.substr(1,1)));
 
// looped check using RegExp var created above
for (var i:int=0; i<s.length; i++)
{
	trace("Char "+(String(i+1))+" is a number = "+regNum.test(s.substr(i,1)));
}
 
// set a boolean with the result of the RegExp test
var stringIsNumber:Boolean = new RegExp("[0-9]").test(new String("A"));
trace("'A' is a number = "+stringIsNumber);