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# everyCharacter

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

## everyCharacter(text: String, condition: (character: String) -> Boolean): Boolean

Checks whether a condition is valid for _every_ character in a string.

_Introduced in DataWeave version 2.4.0._

### Parameters

<table><colgroup><col> <col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p><code>text</code></p></td><td><p>The string to check.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><code>condition</code></p></td><td><p>Expression that iterates through the characters in the string that it checks and returns a Boolean value.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Example

This example determines whether a string is composed of only digits and spaces.

#### Source

```DataWeave
%dw 2.0
import * from dw::core::Strings
output application/json
---
"12 34  56" everyCharacter $ == " " or isNumeric($)
```

#### Output

```Json
true
```

## everyCharacter(text: Null, condition: (character: Nothing) -> Any): true

Helper function that enables `everyCharacter` to work with a `null` value.

_Introduced in DataWeave version 2.4.0._