Testing for numerics

[Dar Scott]

On Oct 2, 2006, at 1:29 PM, Dom wrote:

> Rob Cozens <rcozens at pon.net> wrote:
>
>>> if field "MyTextField" is a number
>>
>> This is fine if signed and decimal input is allowed; but isn't an
>> adequate check for numerics that must be positive or integers only.
>
> if field "MyTextField" is an integer
>
> ;-)

Cool.  I need to browse through the dictionary.  Maybe I need an app  
like one of those word-a-day vocabulary builders.

However, there are interesting things that can sneak through as in  
these integers:

"0x02b1"                   (hex)
"3e0"                      (exponent notation, similar to scientific  
notation)
"10.00"                    (zero fraction)
"1000000000000000000.888"  (big number)

Of course, there may be times when one wants to allow those integers.

Dar