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Expertise: Advanced
Language: Java
November 4, 2008
A Function to Determine Whether a String Can Be Converted to a Number
The following code shows how to determine whether one string is a number:
public static boolean isNumber(String s)
{
try
{
new Double(s);
return true;
}
catch(Exception ecc)
{
return false;
}
}
Roberto Chiavolini
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