How to determine if a string is a number with C++?

Question

I\'ve had quite a bit of trouble trying to write a function that checks if a string is a number. For a game I am writing I just need to check if a line from the file I am r

Answer 1

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For Validating Doubles:

bool validateDouble(const std::string & input) {
int decimals = std::count(input.begin(), input.end(), '.'); // The number of decimals in the string
int negativeSigns = std::count(input.begin(), input.end(), '-'); // The number of negative signs in the string

if (input.size() == decimals + negativeSigns) // Consists of only decimals and negatives or is empty
    return false;
else if (1 < decimals || 1 < negativeSigns) // More than 1 decimal or negative sign
    return false;
else if (1 == negativeSigns && input[0] != '-') // The negative sign (if there is one) is not the first character
    return false;
else if (strspn(input.c_str(), "-.0123456789") != input.size()) // The string contains a character that isn't in "-.0123456789"
    return false;
return true;

}

For Validating Ints (With Negatives)

bool validateInt(const std::string & input) {
int negativeSigns = std::count(input.begin(), input.end(), '-'); // The number of negative signs in the string

if (input.size() == negativeSigns) // Consists of only negatives or is empty
    return false;
else if (1 < negativeSigns) // More than 1 negative sign
    return false;
else if (1 == negativeSigns && input[0] != '-') // The negative sign (if there is one) is not the first character
    return false;
else if (strspn(input.c_str(), "-0123456789") != input.size()) // The string contains a character that isn't in "-0123456789"
    return false;
return true;

}

For Validating Unsigned Ints

bool validateUnsignedInt(const std::string & input) {
return (input.size() != 0 && strspn(input.c_str(), "0123456789") == input.size()); // The string is not empty and contains characters only in "0123456789"

}