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('$1234.99')#<BR>
08/15/1999: #IsNumeric('08/15/1999')#<BR>
7pm: #IsNumeric('7pm')#<BR>
abcdef: #IsNumeric('abcdef')#<BR>
true: #IsNumeric(true)#<BR>
false: #IsNumeric(false)#<BR>
yes: #IsNumeric('yes')#<BR>
no: #IsNumeric('no')#<BR>
as45sd-1: #IsNumeric('as45sd')#<BR>
!@$%^: #IsNumeric('!@$%^')#<BR>
1234abcd: #IsNumeric('1234abcd')#
</CFOUTPUT>

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