Char::IsNumber Method (Char)
Indicates whether the specified Unicode character is categorized as a number.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- c
- Type: System::Char
The Unicode character to evaluate.
This method determines whether a Char is of any numeric Unicode category. In addition to including digits, numbers include characters, fractions, subscripts, superscripts, Roman numerals, currency numerators, and encircled numbers. This method contrasts with the IsDigit method, which determines whether a Char is a radix-10 digit.
Valid numbers are members of the UnicodeCategory::DecimalDigitNumber, UnicodeCategory::LetterNumber, or UnicodeCategory::OtherNumber category.
The IsNumber method assumes that c corresponds to a single linguistic character and checks whether that character represents a number. However, some numbers in the Unicode standard are represented by two Char objects that form a surrogate pair. For example, the Aegean numbering system consists of code points U+10107 through U+10133. The following example uses the ConvertFromUtf32 method to instantiate a string that represents AEGEAN NUMBER ONE. As the output from the example shows, the IsNumber method returns false if it is passed either a high surrogate or a low surrogate of this character.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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