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How do I check a value starting with a decimal
is_a_number(value) .... works for 12, 12.0, 12.2, 0.23 but not .23
Basically I’m doing a validation in a form, and I want to allow values starting with . i.e .23
but obviously pop up a flag (false) when its not a number
“.23” isn’t really a number, in my book.
If you want to treat it like one, check if the first character is a decimal point, if it is, prepend a “0” and try again.
Actually, you could probably prepend a zero regardless. It shouldn’t affect the value of any “legitimate” number. (EDIT: As long as you can explicitly specify base 10 when actually converting to a number)