ISDIGIT() Determine if the leftmost character in a character string is a digit ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Syntax ISDIGIT(<cString>) --> lBoolean Arguments <cString> is the character string to be examined. Returns ISDIGIT() returns true (.T.) if the first character of the character string is a digit between zero and nine; otherwise, it returns false (.F.). Description ISDIGIT() is a character function that determines whether the first character in a string is a numeric digit between zero and nine. If any other character is the first character of the <cString>, ISDIGIT() returns false (.F.). ISDIGIT() is useful where you need to know if the current character string is a number before converting it to a numeric value with the VAL() function. Examples . These examples demonstrate various results of ISDIGIT(): ? ISDIGIT("AbcDe") // Result: .F. ? ISDIGIT("1abcd") // Result: .T. ? ISDIGIT(".12345") // Result: .F. Files Library is EXTEND.LIB.
See Also: ISALPHA() ISLOWER() ISUPPER() LOWER() UPPER()