Objective c: Check if integer/int/number

Question

In objective c, how can i check if a string/NSNumber is an integer or int

Answer 1

For NSString, if you use intValue/integerValue, there are certain cases which are not handled as it takes into consideration only the beginning the string.

For example @"bl3h" was not considered an integer but @" 3h" gave an output of 3

My solution for NSString:

Use :

NSCharacterSet *charSet = [NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:strName];

NSCharacterSet *numSet = [NSCharacterSet decimalDigitCharacterSet];

if([numSet isSupersetOfSet: charSet])
{
     // It is an integer (or it contains only digits)
}