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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Is there any way to makesure that the input from the user is all numbers? Post 14121 by XXXXXXXXXX on Monday 28th of January 2002 01:54:36 PM
Old 01-28-2002
Quote:
Originally posted by Jimbo
if expr "$answer" : "[0-9]*$" > /dev/null ; then
echo 'all digits'
else
echo 'NOT all digits'
fi
thanks
XXXXXXXXXX
 

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CTYPE_XDIGIT(3) 							 1							   CTYPE_XDIGIT(3)

ctype_xdigit - Check for character(s) representing a hexadecimal digit

SYNOPSIS
bool ctype_xdigit (string $text) DESCRIPTION
Checks if all of the characters in the provided string, $text, are hexadecimal 'digits'. PARAMETERS
o $text - The tested string. RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if every character in $text is a hexadecimal 'digit', that is a decimal digit or a character from [A-Fa-f] , FALSE otherwise. EXAMPLES
Example #1 A ctype_xdigit(3) example <?php $strings = array('AB10BC99', 'AR1012', 'ab12bc99'); foreach ($strings as $testcase) { if (ctype_xdigit($testcase)) { echo "The string $testcase consists of all hexadecimal digits. "; } else { echo "The string $testcase does not consist of all hexadecimal digits. "; } } ?> The above example will output: The string AB10BC99 consists of all hexadecimal digits. The string AR1012 does not consist of all hexadecimal digits. The string ab12bc99 consists of all hexadecimal digits. NOTES
Note If an integer between -128 and 255 inclusive is provided, it is interpreted as the ASCII value of a single character (negative val- ues have 256 added in order to allow characters in the Extended ASCII range). Any other integer is interpreted as a string contain- ing the decimal digits of the integer. SEE ALSO
ctype_digit(3). PHP Documentation Group CTYPE_XDIGIT(3)
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