Can Angular Filter Input

Is there a way to filter through inputs in Angular? I'd Imagine

var input = e.$filter(/a-zA-Z/);

I'm not sure to understand your question, but you can force a pattern on an input with the ngPattern directive.

<form name="theForm" novalidate>
   <input type="text" ng-model="foo" ng-pattern="/a-zA-Z/" required/>
   <button ng-click="update()" ng-disabled="theForm.$invalid">SAVE</button>
</form>