Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (c) 2012 Data Harmonisation Panel * * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made * available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, * or (at your option) any later version. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this distribution. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * Contributors: * HUMBOLDT EU Integrated Project #030962 * Data Harmonisation Panel <http://www.dhpanel.eu> */ import java.math.BigDecimal; public class Main { /** * Checks whether the given string can be converted to a decimal. * * @param s the string to check * @return true, iff the sting can be converted to a decimal */ private static boolean isDecimal(String s) { try { new BigDecimal(s); return true; } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) { return false; } } }