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  <html>
  <head>
  <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
  function checkCharType(charToCheck)
  {
     var returnValue = "O";
     var charCode = charToCheck.charCodeAt(0);
  
     if (charCode >= "A".charCodeAt(0) && charCode <= "Z".charCodeAt(0))
     {
        returnValue = "U";
     }
     else if (charCode >= "a".charCodeAt(0) && charCode <= "z".charCodeAt(0))
     {
        returnValue = "L";
     }
     else if (charCode >= "0".charCodeAt(0) && charCode <= "9".charCodeAt(0))
     {
        returnValue = "N";
     }
     return returnValue;
  }
  </script>
  <head>
  
  <body>
  <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
  
  var myString = prompt("Enter some text","Hello World!");
  switch (checkCharType(myString))
  {
     case "U":
        document.write("First character was upper case");
        break;
     case "L":
        document.write("First character was lower case");
        break;
     case "N":
        document.write("First character was a number");
        break;
     default:
        document.write("First character was not a character or a number");
  }
  </script>
  </body>
  </html>
  


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