Thread: how to check input is decimal or not?

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    how to check input is decimal or not?

    hello friends,

    how to check whether my input is integer or not.

    isdigit() check for each character.

    i want to check the user input (whatever) is decimal or not.

    example,

    if user input is 123er34, then the compiler should through error that the input value is not a decimal value.it only accept integer (like 1,2,...9...100.....1000000).

    is there any c fn other than isdigit().

    give u'r opinions.


    thank you.

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    What's WRONG with isdigit(), you just have to take each character in the string and check with isdigit..

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    You could use strtol() or strtod() and use the error checking ability it has.

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