Name

IsNumeric

Synopsis

                  
                  
                  IsNumeric(string)

Returns true if the specified string can be converted to a number or false if it can’t. Examples:

<cfoutput>
-1: #IsNumeric(-1)#<br>
0: #IsNumeric(0)#<br>
1234: #IsNumeric(1234)#<br>
1,234,567,890: #IsNumeric('1,234,567,890')#<br>
$1234.99: #IsNumeric('$1234.99')#<br>
04/15/2003: #IsNumeric('04/15/2003')#<br>
7pm: #IsNumeric('7pm')#<br>
abcdef: #IsNumeric('abcdef')#<br>
true: #IsNumeric(true)#<br>
false: #IsNumeric(false)#<br>
yes: #IsNumeric('yes')#<br>
no: #IsNumeric('no')#<br>
as45sd-1: #IsNumeric('as45sd')#<br>
!@$%^: #IsNumeric('!@$%^')#<br>
1234abcd: #IsNumeric('1234abcd')#
</cfoutput>

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