(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

My solution:

// returns true for positive ints; 
// no scientific notation, hexadecimals or floating point dots

var isPositiveInt = function(str) { 
   var result = true, chr;
   for (var i = 0, n = str.length; i < n; i++) {
       chr = str.charAt(i);
       if ((chr < "0" || chr > "9") && chr != ",") { //not digit or thousands separator
         result = false;
         break;
       };
       if (i == 0 && (chr == "0" || chr == ",")) {  //should not start with 0 or ,
         result = false;
         break;
       };
   };
   return result;
 };

You can add additional conditions inside the loop, to fit you particular needs.