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

str_can_be_numeric {strex} | 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

    str_can_be_numeric(string)

### Arguments

`string` | A character vector.

### Value

A logical vector.

### Examples

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

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