How to check if a String is numeric in Java

Question

How would you check if a String was a number before parsing it?

Answer 1

I have illustrated some conditions to check numbers and decimals without using any API,

Check Fix Length 1 digit number

Character.isDigit(char)

Check Fix Length number (Assume length is 6)

String number = "132452";
if(number.matches("([0-9]{6})"))
System.out.println("6 digits number identified");

Check Varying Length number between (Assume 4 to 6 length)

//  {n,m}  n <= length <= m
String number = "132452";
if(number.matches("([0-9]{4,6})"))
System.out.println("Number Identified between 4 to 6 length");

String number = "132";
if(!number.matches("([0-9]{4,6})"))
System.out.println("Number not in length range or different format");

Check Varying Length decimal number between (Assume 4 to 7 length)

//  It will not count the '.' (Period) in length
String decimal = "132.45";
if(decimal.matches("(-?[0-9]+(\.)?[0-9]*){4,6}"))
System.out.println("Numbers Identified between 4 to 7");

String decimal = "1.12";
if(decimal.matches("(-?[0-9]+(\.)?[0-9]*){4,6}"))
System.out.println("Numbers Identified between 4 to 7");

String decimal = "1234";
if(decimal.matches("(-?[0-9]+(\.)?[0-9]*){4,6}"))
System.out.println("Numbers Identified between 4 to 7");

String decimal = "-10.123";
if(decimal.matches("(-?[0-9]+(\.)?[0-9]*){4,6}"))
System.out.println("Numbers Identified between 4 to 7");

String decimal = "123..4";
if(!decimal.matches("(-?[0-9]+(\.)?[0-9]*){4,6}"))
System.out.println("Decimal not in range or different format");

String decimal = "132";
if(!decimal.matches("(-?[0-9]+(\.)?[0-9]*){4,6}"))
System.out.println("Decimal not in range or different format");

String decimal = "1.1";
if(!decimal.matches("(-?[0-9]+(\.)?[0-9]*){4,6}"))
System.out.println("Decimal not in range or different format");

Hope it will help manyone.