ISNUMBER Function

Checks if an argument value contains a numerical value. When the argument value is a number, the function returns true. Otherwise, it returns false.

Category: Information and Conversion
Returned data type: Integer
Note: The returned value is a Boolean value.

Syntax

argvaluebooleanISNUMBER()

Required Argument

argvalue

string

Details

The ISNUMBER function takes the following argument types: string.

Example

string x
string y
string z
string error_message1
string error_message2
string error_message3
 
x ="5"
y="Hello"
z="01/01/10"
 
if(isnumber(x) )
   error_message1 = "String x is a number"
else
   error_message1= "String x is not a number"
 
if( isnumber(y) )
   error_message2 =" String y value is a number"
else
   error_message2 =" String y value is not a number"
 
if( isnumber(z) )
   error_message3 = "String z value is a number"
else
   error_message3 = "String z value is not a number"