Check if character is number?

Question

I need to check whether justPrices[i].substr(commapos+2,1).

The string is something like: \"blabla,120\"

In this case it would check whether \'0

Answer 1

isNumber = function(obj, strict) {
    var strict = strict === true ? true : false;
    if (strict) {
        return !isNaN(obj) && obj instanceof Number ? true : false;
    } else {
        return !isNaN(obj - parseFloat(obj));
    }
}

output without strict mode:

var num = 14;
var textnum = '14';
var text = 'yo';
var nan = NaN;

isNumber(num);
isNumber(textnum);
isNumber(text);
isNumber(nan);

true
true
false
false

output with strict mode:

var num = 14;
var textnum = '14';
var text = 'yo';
var nan = NaN;

isNumber(num, true);
isNumber(textnum, true);
isNumber(text, true);
isNumber(nan);

true
false
false
false