Check if character is number?

Question

I need to check whether justPrices[i].substr(commapos+2,1).

The string is something like: \"blabla,120\"

In this case it would check whether \'0

Answer 1

I suggest a simple regex.

If you're looking for just the last character in the string:

/^.*?[0-9]$/.test("blabla,120");  // true
/^.*?[0-9]$/.test("blabla,120a"); // false
/^.*?[0-9]$/.test("120");         // true
/^.*?[0-9]$/.test(120);           // true
/^.*?[0-9]$/.test(undefined);     // false
/^.*?[0-9]$/.test(-1);            // true
/^.*?[0-9]$/.test("-1");          // true
/^.*?[0-9]$/.test(false);         // false
/^.*?[0-9]$/.test(true);          // false

And the regex is even simpler if you are just checking a single char as an input:

var char = "0";
/^[0-9]$/.test(char);             // true

Answer 2

Similar to one of the answers above, I used

 var sum = 0; //some value
 let num = parseInt(val); //or just Number.parseInt
 if(!isNaN(num)) {
     sum += num;
 }

This blogpost sheds some more light on this check if a string is numeric in Javascript | Typescript & ES6

Answer 3

You could use comparison operators to see if it is in the range of digit characters:

var c = justPrices[i].substr(commapos+2,1);
if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') {
    // it is a number
} else {
    // it isn't
}

Answer 4

This function works for all test cases that i could find. It's also faster than:

function isNumeric (n) {
  if (!isNaN(parseFloat(n)) && isFinite(n) && !hasLeading0s(n)) {
    return true;
  }
  var _n = +n;
  return _n === Infinity || _n === -Infinity;
}

var isIntegerTest = /^\d+$/;
var isDigitArray = [!0, !0, !0, !0, !0, !0, !0, !0, !0, !0];

function hasLeading0s(s) {
  return !(typeof s !== 'string' ||
    s.length < 2 ||
    s[0] !== '0' ||
    !isDigitArray[s[1]] ||
    isIntegerTest.test(s));
}
var isWhiteSpaceTest = /\s/;

function fIsNaN(n) {
  return !(n <= 0) && !(n > 0);
}

function isNumber(s) {
  var t = typeof s;
  if (t === 'number') {
    return (s <= 0) || (s > 0);
  } else if (t === 'string') {
    var n = +s;
    return !(fIsNaN(n) || hasLeading0s(s) || !(n !== 0 || !(s === '' || isWhiteSpaceTest.test(s))));
  } else if (t === 'object') {
    return !(!(s instanceof Number) || fIsNaN(+s));
  }
  return false;
}

function testRunner(IsNumeric) {
  var total = 0;
  var passed = 0;
  var failedTests = [];

  function test(value, result) {
    total++;
    if (IsNumeric(value) === result) {
      passed++;
    } else {
      failedTests.push({
        value: value,
        expected: result
      });
    }
  }
  // true
  test(0, true);
  test(1, true);
  test(-1, true);
  test(Infinity, true);
  test('Infinity', true);
  test(-Infinity, true);
  test('-Infinity', true);
  test(1.1, true);
  test(-0.12e-34, true);
  test(8e5, true);
  test('1', true);
  test('0', true);
  test('-1', true);
  test('1.1', true);
  test('11.112', true);
  test('.1', true);
  test('.12e34', true);
  test('-.12e34', true);
  test('.12e-34', true);
  test('-.12e-34', true);
  test('8e5', true);
  test('0x89f', true);
  test('00', true);
  test('01', true);
  test('10', true);
  test('0e1', true);
  test('0e01', true);
  test('.0', true);
  test('0.', true);
  test('.0e1', true);
  test('0.e1', true);
  test('0.e00', true);
  test('0xf', true);
  test('0Xf', true);
  test(Date.now(), true);
  test(new Number(0), true);
  test(new Number(1e3), true);
  test(new Number(0.1234), true);
  test(new Number(Infinity), true);
  test(new Number(-Infinity), true);
  // false
  test('', false);
  test(' ', false);
  test(false, false);
  test('false', false);
  test(true, false);
  test('true', false);
  test('99,999', false);
  test('#abcdef', false);
  test('1.2.3', false);
  test('blah', false);
  test('\t\t', false);
  test('\n\r', false);
  test('\r', false);
  test(NaN, false);
  test('NaN', false);
  test(null, false);
  test('null', false);
  test(new Date(), false);
  test({}, false);
  test([], false);
  test(new Int8Array(), false);
  test(new Uint8Array(), false);
  test(new Uint8ClampedArray(), false);
  test(new Int16Array(), false);
  test(new Uint16Array(), false);
  test(new Int32Array(), false);
  test(new Uint32Array(), false);
  test(new BigInt64Array(), false);
  test(new BigUint64Array(), false);
  test(new Float32Array(), false);
  test(new Float64Array(), false);
  test('.e0', false);
  test('.', false);
  test('00e1', false);
  test('01e1', false);
  test('00.0', false);
  test('01.05', false);
  test('00x0', false);
  test(new Number(NaN), false);
  test(new Number('abc'), false);
  console.log('Passed ' + passed + ' of ' + total + ' tests.');
  if (failedTests.length > 0) console.log({
    failedTests: failedTests
  });
}
testRunner(isNumber)