(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

This appears to catch the seemingly infinite number of edge cases:

function isNumber(x, noStr) {
    /*

        - Returns true if x is either a finite number type or a string containing only a number
        - If empty string supplied, fall back to explicit false
        - Pass true for noStr to return false when typeof x is "string", off by default

        isNumber(); // false
        isNumber([]); // false
        isNumber([1]); // false
        isNumber([1,2]); // false
        isNumber(''); // false
        isNumber(null); // false
        isNumber({}); // false
        isNumber(true); // false
        isNumber('true'); // false
        isNumber('false'); // false
        isNumber('123asdf'); // false
        isNumber('123.asdf'); // false
        isNumber(undefined); // false
        isNumber(Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY); // false
        isNumber(Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY); // false
        isNumber('Infinity'); // false
        isNumber('-Infinity'); // false
        isNumber(Number.NaN); // false
        isNumber(new Date('December 17, 1995 03:24:00')); // false
        isNumber(0); // true
        isNumber('0'); // true
        isNumber(123); // true
        isNumber(123.456); // true
        isNumber(-123.456); // true
        isNumber(-.123456); // true
        isNumber('123'); // true
        isNumber('123.456'); // true
        isNumber('.123'); // true
        isNumber(.123); // true
        isNumber(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER); // true
        isNumber(Number.MAX_VALUE); // true
        isNumber(Number.MIN_VALUE); // true
        isNumber(new Number(123)); // true
    */

    return (
        (typeof x === 'number' || x instanceof Number || (!noStr && x && typeof x === 'string' && !isNaN(x))) &&
        isFinite(x)
    ) || false;
};