If you're just trying to check if a string is a whole number (no decimal places), regex is a good way to go. Other methods such as isNaN
are too complicated for something so simple.
function isNumeric(value) {
return /^-?\d+$/.test(value);
}
console.log(isNumeric('abcd')); // false
console.log(isNumeric('123a')); // false
console.log(isNumeric('1')); // true
console.log(isNumeric('1234567890')); // true
console.log(isNumeric('-23')); // true
console.log(isNumeric(1234)); // true
console.log(isNumeric('123.4')); // false
console.log(isNumeric('')); // false
console.log(isNumeric(undefined)); // false
console.log(isNumeric(null)); // false
To only allow positive whole numbers use this:
function isNumeric(value) {
return /^\d+$/.test(value);
}
console.log(isNumeric('123')); // true
console.log(isNumeric('-23')); // false