Finding out whether a string is numeric or not

Question

How can we check if a string is made up of numbers only. I am taking out a substring from a string and want to check if it is a numeric substring or not.

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Answer 1

I think the easiest way to check that every character within a given string is numeric is probably:

NSString *trimmedString = [newString stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet decimalDigitCharacterSet]];

if([trimmedString length])
{
    NSLog(@"some characters outside of the decimal character set found");
}
else
{
    NSLog(@"all characters were in the decimal character set");
}

Use one of the other NSCharacterSet factory methods if you want complete control over acceptable characters.