(Built-in) way in JavaScript to check if a string is a valid number

Question

I\'m hoping there\'s something in the same conceptual space as the old VB6 IsNumeric() function?

Answer 1

function isNumberCandidate(s) {
  const str = (''+ s).trim();
  if (str.length === 0) return false;
  return !isNaN(+str);
}

console.log(isNumberCandidate('1'));       // true
console.log(isNumberCandidate('a'));       // false
console.log(isNumberCandidate('000'));     // true
console.log(isNumberCandidate('1a'));      // false 
console.log(isNumberCandidate('1e'));      // false
console.log(isNumberCandidate('1e-1'));    // true
console.log(isNumberCandidate('123.3'));   // true
console.log(isNumberCandidate(''));        // false
console.log(isNumberCandidate(' '));       // false
console.log(isNumberCandidate(1));         // true
console.log(isNumberCandidate(0));         // true
console.log(isNumberCandidate(NaN));       // false
console.log(isNumberCandidate(undefined)); // false
console.log(isNumberCandidate(null));      // false
console.log(isNumberCandidate(-1));        // true
console.log(isNumberCandidate('-1'));      // true
console.log(isNumberCandidate('-1.2'));    // true
console.log(isNumberCandidate(0.0000001)); // true
console.log(isNumberCandidate('0.0000001')); // true
console.log(isNumberCandidate(Infinity));    // true
console.log(isNumberCandidate(-Infinity));    // true

console.log(isNumberCandidate('Infinity'));  // true

if (isNumberCandidate(s)) {
  // use +s as a number
  +s ...
}