def nextCharIsSymbol(line, index): for i, char in enumerate(line[index:], start=index): if not char.isdigit(): return True return False # Example usage: my_line = "416.........................559...............417...............785.......900.......284...........503...796....992.........................." my_index = 3 result = nextCharIsSymbol(my_line, my_index) print(result)