How to check if NSString is contains a numeric value?

Question

I have a string that is being generate from a formula, however I only want to use the string as long as all of its characters are numeric, if not that I want to do something dif

Answer 1

It's very simple.

+ (BOOL)isStringNumeric:(NSString *)text
{
    NSCharacterSet *alphaNums = [NSCharacterSet decimalDigitCharacterSet];
    NSCharacterSet *inStringSet = [NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:text];        
    return [alphaNums isSupersetOfSet:inStringSet];
}