True for letters of the alphabet
There is no equivalent function to Matlab isletter function in Scilab. However it can be replaced as follows. Using mtlb_isletter will give a prettier code.
Matlab Scilab
tf = `isletter`_(A)
// If A is a String matrix:
tf = ((`asciimat`_(A)>=65) & (`asciimat`_(A)<=90)) | ((`asciimat`_(A)>=97) & (`asciimat`_(A)<=122))
// If A is not a String matrix:
tf = `zeros`_(A)