Python program to check if given string is pangram

Difficulty Level : Medium
Last Updated : 05 Feb, 2019

Given a string, write a Python program to check if that string is Pangram or not. A pangram is a sentence containing every letter in the English Alphabet.

Examples:

Input : The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Output : Yes

Input : abcdefgxyz
Output : No

We have already discussed the naive approach of pangram checking in this article. Now, let’s discuss the Pythonic approaches to do the same.

Approach #1 : Pythonic Naive
This method uses a loop to check if each character of the string belongs to the alphabet set or not.

# Python3 program to
# Check if the string is pangram
import string
  
def ispangram(str):
    alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
    for char in alphabet:
        if char not in str.lower():
            return False
  
    return True
      
# Driver code
string = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'
if(ispangram(string) == True):
    print("Yes")
else:
    print("No")

Output:

Yes

Approach #2 : Using Python Set
Convert the given string into set and then check if the alphabet set is greater than or equal to it or not. If the string set is greater or equal, print ‘Yes’ otherwise ‘No’.

# Python3 program to
# Check if the string is pangram
import string
  
alphabet = set(string.ascii_lowercase)
  
def ispangram(string):
    return set(string.lower()) >= alphabet
      
# Driver code
string = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
if(ispangram(string) == True):
    print("Yes")
else:
    print("No")

Output:

Yes

Approach #3 : Alternative to set method
This is another method that uses Python set to find if the string is Pangram or not. We make set of lowercase alphabets and the given string. If set of given string is subtracted from the set of alphabets, we get to know whether the string is pangram or not.

# Python3 program to
# Check if the string is pangram
import string
  
alphabet = set(string.ascii_lowercase)
  
def ispangram(str):
     return not set(alphabet) - set(str)
      
# Driver code
string = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'
if(ispangram(string) == True):
    print("Yes")
else:
    print("No")

Output:

Yes

Approach #4 : ASCII method
Check if each character of the string lies between the ASCII range of lowercase alphabets i.e. 96 to 122.

# Python3 program to
# Check if the string is pangram
import itertools
import string
  
alphabet = set(string.ascii_lowercase)
  
def ispangram(str):
     return sum(1 for i in set(str) if 96 < ord(i) <= 122) == 26
      
# Driver code
string = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'
if(ispangram(string) == True):
    print("Yes")
else:
    print("No")

Output:

Yes

Attention geek! Strengthen your foundations with the Python Programming Foundation Course and learn the basics.

To begin with, your interview preparations Enhance your Data Structures concepts with the Python DS Course. And to begin with your Machine Learning Journey, join the Machine Learning – Basic Level Course

My Personal Notes

Related Articles

Python program to check if given string is pangram