Learning WML, and WMLScript

Name

isFloat — Test whether a string can be parsed as a floating-point value

Usage

Lang.isFloat(str)

str : String

Description

Returns true or false, depending on whether str can be parsed as a floating-point value by Lang.parseFloat( ).

Returns invalid if str can’t be converted to a string or if the interpreter doesn’t support floating-point operations.

Examples

Lang.isFloat("123.456")

returns Boolean true

Lang.isFloat("17")

returns Boolean true

Lang.isFloat(" -7.2 C")

returns Boolean true

Lang.isFloat(" 55.3 mph")

returns Boolean true

Lang.isFloat("6e+3")

returns Boolean true

Lang.isFloat(" .3")

returns Boolean true

Lang.isFloat("foo")

returns Boolean false

Lang.isFloat(false)

returns Boolean false

Lang.isFloat(invalid)

returns invalid