What is the C# equivalent of NaN or IsNumeric?

Question

What is the most efficient way of testing an input string whether it contains a numeric value (or conversely Not A Number)? I guess I can use Double.Parse or a

Answer 1

I prefer something like this, it lets you decide what NumberStyle to test for.

public static Boolean IsNumeric(String input, NumberStyles numberStyle) {
    Double temp;
    Boolean result = Double.TryParse(input, numberStyle, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, out temp);
    return result;
}