(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 is built on some of the previous answers and comments. The following covers all the edge cases and fairly concise as well:

const isNumRegEx = /^-?(\d*\.)?\d+$/;

function isNumeric(n, allowScientificNotation = false) {
    return allowScientificNotation ? 
                !Number.isNaN(parseFloat(n)) && Number.isFinite(n) :
                isNumRegEx.test(n);
}