checking if number entered is a digit in jquery

Solution 1:

I would suggest using regexes:

var intRegex = /^\d+$/;
var floatRegex = /^((\d+(\.\d *)?)|((\d*\.)?\d+))$/;

var str = $('#myTextBox').val();
if(intRegex.test(str) || floatRegex.test(str)) {
   alert('I am a number');
   ...
}

Or with a single regex as per @Platinum Azure's suggestion:

var numberRegex = /^[+-]?\d+(\.\d+)?([eE][+-]?\d+)?$/;
var str = $('#myTextBox').val();
if(numberRegex.test(str)) {
   alert('I am a number');
   ...
}    

Solution 2:

Forget regular expressions. JavaScript has a builtin function for this: isNaN():

isNaN(123)           // false
isNaN(-1.23)         // false
isNaN(5-2)           // false
isNaN(0)             // false
isNaN("100")         // false
isNaN("Hello")       // true
isNaN("2005/12/12")  // true

Just call it like so:

if (isNaN( $("#whatever").val() )) {
    // It isn't a number
} else {
    // It is a number
}

Solution 3:

there is a simpler way of checking if a variable is an integer. you can use $.isNumeric() function. e.g.

$.isNumeric( 10 );     // true

this will return true but if you put a string in place of the 10, you will get false.

I hope this works for you.

Solution 4:

Following script can be used to check whether value is valid integer or not.

  function myFunction() {
    var a = parseInt("10000000");
    if (!isNaN(a) && a <= 2147483647 && a >= -2147483647){
    alert("is integer"); 
    } else {
     alert("not integer"); 
    }
}