Information.IsNumeric(Object) Method
Definition
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Returns a Boolean
value indicating whether an expression can be evaluated as a number.
public:
static bool IsNumeric(System::Object ^ Expression);
public static bool IsNumeric (object? Expression);
public static bool IsNumeric (object Expression);
static member IsNumeric : obj -> bool
Public Function IsNumeric (Expression As Object) As Boolean
Parameters
- Expression
- Object
Required. Object
expression.
Returns
Returns a Boolean
value indicating whether an expression can be evaluated as a number.
Examples
The following example uses the IsNumeric
function to determine if the contents of a variable can be evaluated as a number.
Dim testVar As Object
Dim numericCheck As Boolean
testVar = "53"
' The following call to IsNumeric returns True.
numericCheck = IsNumeric(testVar)
testVar = "459.95"
' The following call to IsNumeric returns True.
numericCheck = IsNumeric(testVar)
testVar = "45 Help"
' The following call to IsNumeric returns False.
numericCheck = IsNumeric(testVar)
Remarks
IsNumeric
returns True
if the data type of Expression
is Boolean
, Byte
, Decimal
, Double
, Integer
, Long
, SByte
, Short
, Single
, UInteger
, ULong
, or UShort
. It also returns True
if Expression
is a Char
, String
, or Object
that can be successfully converted to a number. Expression
can contain non-numeric characters. IsNumeric
returns True
if Expression
is a string that contains a valid hexadecimal or octal number. IsNumeric
also returns True
if Expression
contains a valid numeric expression that begins with a + or - character or contains commas.
IsNumeric
returns False
if Expression
is of data type Date
. It returns False
if Expression
is a Char
, String
, or Object
that cannot be successfully converted to a number.