C# testing to see if a string is an integer?

Question

I\'m just curious as to whether there is something built into either the C# language or the .NET Framework that tests to see if something is an integer

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Answer 1

I've been coding for about 2 weeks and created a simple logic to validate an integer has been accepted.

    Console.WriteLine("How many numbers do you want to enter?"); // request a number
    string input = Console.ReadLine(); // set the input as a string variable
    int numberTotal; // declare an int variable

    if (!int.TryParse(input, out numberTotal)) // process if input was an invalid number
    {
        while (numberTotal  < 1) // numberTotal is set to 0 by default if no number is entered
        {
            Console.WriteLine(input + " is an invalid number."); // error message
            int.TryParse(Console.ReadLine(), out numberTotal); // allows the user to input another value
        }

    } // this loop will repeat until numberTotal has an int set to 1 or above

you could also use the above in a FOR loop if you prefer by not declaring an action as the third parameter of the loop, such as

    Console.WriteLine("How many numbers do you want to enter?");
    string input2 = Console.ReadLine();

    if (!int.TryParse(input2, out numberTotal2))
    {
        for (int numberTotal2 = 0; numberTotal2 < 1;)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(input2 + " is an invalid number.");
            int.TryParse(Console.ReadLine(), out numberTotal2);
        }

    }

if you don't want a loop, simply remove the entire loop brace