Batch File input validation - Make sure user entered an integer

Question

I\'m experimenting with a Windows batch file to perform a simple operation which requires the user to enter a non-negative integer. I\'m using simple batch-file techniques t

Answer 1

You can also use a quite simple trick:

echo %userinput%|findstr /r /c:"^[0-9][0-9]*$" >nul
if errorlevel 1 (echo not a number) else (echo number)

This uses findstr's regular expression matching capabilities. They aren't very impressive but useful at times.