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Char.IsNumber Method (String, Int32)
.NET Framework 3.0
Indicates whether the character at the specified position in a specified string is categorized as a number.
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
This method determines if a Char is of any numeric Unicode category. This contrasts with IsDigit, which determines if a Char is a radix-10 digit.
Character positions in a string are indexed starting from zero.
Valid numbers are members of the following categories in UnicodeCategory: DecimalDigitNumber, LetterNumber, or OtherNumber.
The following code example demonstrates IsNumber.
using System; public class IsNumberSample { public static void Main() { string str = "non-numeric"; Console.WriteLine(Char.IsNumber('8')); // Output: "True" Console.WriteLine(Char.IsNumber(str, 3)); // Output: "False" } }
import System.*;
public class IsNumberSample
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String str = "non-numeric";
Console.WriteLine(Char.IsNumber('8')); // Output: "True"
Console.WriteLine(Char.IsNumber(str, 3)); // Output: "False"
} //main
} //IsNumberSample
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.