(Built-in) way in JavaScript to check if a string is a valid number

Question

I\'m hoping there\'s something in the same conceptual space as the old VB6 IsNumeric() function?

Answer 1

If anyone ever gets this far down, I spent some time hacking on this trying to patch moment.js (https://github.com/moment/moment). Here's something that I took away from it:

function isNumeric(val) {
    var _val = +val;
    return (val !== val + 1) //infinity check
        && (_val === +val) //Cute coercion check
        && (typeof val !== 'object') //Array/object check
}

Handles the following cases:

True! :

isNumeric("1"))
isNumeric(1e10))
isNumeric(1E10))
isNumeric(+"6e4"))
isNumeric("1.2222"))
isNumeric("-1.2222"))
isNumeric("-1.222200000000000000"))
isNumeric("1.222200000000000000"))
isNumeric(1))
isNumeric(0))
isNumeric(-0))
isNumeric(1010010293029))
isNumeric(1.100393830000))
isNumeric(Math.LN2))
isNumeric(Math.PI))
isNumeric(5e10))

False! :

isNumeric(NaN))
isNumeric(Infinity))
isNumeric(-Infinity))
isNumeric())
isNumeric(undefined))
isNumeric('[1,2,3]'))
isNumeric({a:1,b:2}))
isNumeric(null))
isNumeric([1]))
isNumeric(new Date()))

Ironically, the one I am struggling with the most:

isNumeric(new Number(1)) => false

Any suggestions welcome. :]