Try something like this:
function HasThreeConsecutiveLetters(const Str: string): Boolean;
const
QwertyLetters: array[0..2] of string = (
'QWERTYUIOP',
'ASDFGHJKL',
'ZXCVBNM'
);
var
I, J, K: Integer;
S: String;
begin
Result := False;
S := AnsiUpperCase(Str);
for I := 1 to Length(S) do
begin
for J := Low(QwertyLetters) to High(QwertyLetters) do
begin
K := Pos(S[I], QwertyLetters[J]);
if (K <> 0) and
((K+2) <= Length(QwertyLetters[J])) and
(Copy(S, I, 3) = Copy(QwertyLetters[J], K, 3)) then
begin
Result := True;
Exit;
end;
end;
end;
end;
Then you can do this:
var
input: string;
begin
input := ...;
if HasThreeConsecutiveLetters(input) then
...
else
...
end;
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