[ncl-talk] Is string numeric?

[Carl Schreck]

Turns out it wasn't too hard to make a quick and dirty function for this.
It will miss some things, but probably good enough.

Thanks!
Carl


On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:09 PM, Carl Schreck <cjschrec at ncsu.edu> wrote:

> Is there a function that would tell me if a string is a numeric? i.e.,
> contains no letters and "tofloat" won't give a warning on it?
>
> If not, has anyone already made one? Thanks!
>
> e.g.:
> str_is_numeric( "215" ) => True
> str_is_numeric( "21.5" ) => True
> str_is_numeric( "21e5" ) => True
> str_is_numeric( "21N5" ) => False
>
> Carl
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<http://www.cyclonecenter.org/>   *Carl J. Schreck III, PhD*
*Research Scholar / Research **Assistant Professor*
Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites NC (CICS
<http://www.cicsnc.org/>*-NC) <http://www.cicsnc.org/> /*
Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences (MEAS)
<https://meas.sciences.ncsu.edu/>
North Carolina State University <http://ncsu.edu/>
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