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if statement in ksh

what is the problem with this comparison in ksh script:

if [ "$1" -ne "[:digit:]" ]

it gives syntx error
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What are you trying to do? Determine if $1 is a digit? Can it be only one digit, or any integer?
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i am trying to make sure that $1 is a number between 0-9
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Code:
if [[ $1 = [0-9] ]]; then
  print "yep"
fi
...or I suppose you could do this...
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if [[ $1 = [[:digit:]] ]]; then
  print "yep"
fi
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