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

Like this:

- (void)isNumeric:(NSString *)code{

    NSScanner *ns = [NSScanner scannerWithString:code];
    float the_value;
    if ( [ns scanFloat:&the_value] )
    {
        NSLog(@"INSIDE IF");
        // do something with `the_value` if you like
    }
    else {
    NSLog(@"OUTSIDE IF");
    }
}