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Re: How to Pass variable name to a function

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Stefan Weiss wrote:
> 
> On 2012-04-11 20:21, Stan Weiss wrote:
> > I want it to show any error if the field is not all numeric.
> >
> > So I changed
> >       if (isNaN(num)) {
> > to
> >       if( isNaN( field ) )
> 
> I couldn't resist adding something to this thread, considering our
> similarity in names... so I'll mention that isNaN() is perhaps not
> exactly what you're looking for:
> 
>   isNaN("0x123")
>   isNaN(".123")
>   isNaN("2e6")
>   isNaN("Infinity")
> 
> These will all evaluate to false, meaning these values would pass your
> test. If you want to mandate a specific numeric format, your best bet
> would be a regular expression.
> 
> For example,
> 
>   if (/^[+-]?\d+(?:\.\d+)?$/.test(field)) {
>       // correct format
>   }
> 
> would accept input like "123", "123.123", "+123.123", "-123.123", but
> reject the values listed earlier. You may also want to check for
> minimum/maximum allowed values.
> 
> - stefan

Thanks Stefan,
while I know it does not catch all errors, I did what to catch things
like 3>3 which should have been 3.3.
Best Regards,
Stan

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How to Pass variable name to a function Stan Weiss <srweiss@erols.com> - 2012-04-11 12:26 -0400
  Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Andreas Bergmaier <andber93@web.de> - 2012-04-11 19:47 +0200
    Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Stan Weiss <srweiss@erols.com> - 2012-04-11 14:21 -0400
      Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-04-11 20:53 +0200
        Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Stan Weiss <srweiss@erols.com> - 2012-04-11 15:16 -0400
          Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-11 15:18 -0700
  Re: How to Pass variable name to a function "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-04-11 21:20 +0000
  Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-04-11 23:56 +0200
    Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Stan Weiss <srweiss@erols.com> - 2012-04-12 00:48 -0400
      Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-12 15:21 +1000
        Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Stan Weiss <srweiss@erols.com> - 2012-04-12 02:11 -0400
          Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-12 18:57 +1000
            Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Stan Weiss <srweiss@erols.com> - 2012-04-12 09:35 -0400
      Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-04-12 08:08 +0200
        Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Stan Weiss <srweiss@erols.com> - 2012-04-12 10:13 -0400
      Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-04-12 22:47 +0200
        Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Stan Weiss <srweiss@erols.com> - 2012-04-12 17:04 -0400
          Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-04-12 22:17 +0100
          Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-04-13 05:13 -0700
            Re: How to Pass variable name to a function "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-04-13 16:27 +0000
              Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-04-16 04:11 -0700
        Re: How to Pass variable name to a function "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef@qolor.nl> - 2012-04-12 23:34 +0200
          Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-04-13 10:03 +0200
          Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2012-04-13 12:03 +0200
            Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-13 21:35 +1000
            Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-13 09:00 -0700
  Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Stan Weiss <srweiss@erols.com> - 2012-04-12 14:03 -0400
  Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Dr J R Stockton <reply1215@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-04-12 20:06 +0100
    Re: How to Pass variable name to a function Stan Weiss <srweiss@erols.com> - 2012-04-12 18:54 -0400

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