Re: Strings: how to check for non-numeric chars..
maya wrote:
hi,
I can't figure out to check whether or not a string contains any
non-numeric characters (to 'pass' my filter it can only contain chars
from 1 to 9, that's it...
Here's a suggestion.
Boolean nonNum = false;
for(int i = 0; i < yourString.lenght && !nonNum; i++) {
char c = yourString.charAt(i);
if(!(c <= '9' && c >= '0')) {
nonNum = true;
}
}
I read in OReilly Learning Java (5.0), chapter 10, which deals with
Strings, did not find how to do this there...
came up with this formula:
String numChars[] = {"1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9"};
public boolean checkNonNum(String FileName) {
for (int i=0; i < numChars.length; i++) {
if (FileName.indexOf(numChars[i]) == -1) {
return false;
}
}
return false;
}
but it doesn't do what I want.. I don't know how to say if the string
contains ANY character that is NOT in the numChars[] array return false..
thank you very much..
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