R: Check if a string could be considered as numeric.

can_be_numeric {filesstrings} | R Documentation

## Check if a string could be considered as numeric.

### Description

After padding is removed, could the input string be considered to be numeric, i.e. could it be coerced to numeric. This function is vectorized over its one argument.

### Usage

    can_be_numeric(string)

### Arguments

`string` | A character vector.

### Value

A character vector. `TRUE` if the argument can be considered to be numeric or `FALSE` otherwise.

### Examples

    can_be_numeric("3")
    can_be_numeric("5 ")
    can_be_numeric(c("1a", "abc"))

[Package filesstrings version 2.5.0 Index]