Check if an array contains (only) numeric values

Question

I have arrays such as

var arrayVal_Int = ["21", "53", "92", "79"];   
var arrayVal_Alpha = ["John", "Christine", "Lucy"];  
var arrayVal_AlphaNumeric = ["CT504", "AP308", "NK675"];

• Above arrayVal_Int should be considered as (purely) numeric.
• arrayVal_Alpha and arrayVal_AlphaNumeric should be considered as strings.

I need to check that in JavaScript.

Answer 1

Try this:

let x = [1,3,46,7,7,8];
let y = [1,354,"fg",4];
let z = [1, 3, 4, 5, "3"];

isNaN(x.join("")) // false
isNaN(y.join("")) // true
isNaN(z.join("")) // false

Answer 2

I had a similar need but wanted to verify if a list contained only integers (i.e., no decimals). Based on the above answers here's a way to do that, which I posting in case anyone needs a similar check.

Thanks @Touffy, for your suggestion.

let x = [123, 234, 345];
let y = [123, 'invalid', 345];
let z = [123, 234.5, 345];

!x.some(i => !Number.isInteger(i))  // true
!y.some(i => !Number.isInteger(i))  // false
!z.some(i => !Number.isInteger(i))  // false

Answer 3

Using simple JavaScript, you can do something like this:

var IsNumericString = ["21","53","92","79"].filter(function(i){
    return isNaN(i);
}).length > 0;

It will return true;

Answer 4

Shortest solution, evals to true if and only if every item is (coercible to) a number:

!yourArray.some(isNaN)