NumberMatchingRegex (Stanford JavaNLP API)

java.lang.Object
- edu.stanford.nlp.math.NumberMatchingRegex

```
public class NumberMatchingRegex
extends Object
```
This file includes a regular expression to match numbers. This will save quite a bit of time in places where you want to test if something is a number without wasting the time to parse it or throw an exception if it isn't. For example, you can call isDouble() to see if a String is a double without having to try/catch the NumberFormatException that gets produced if it is not. The regular expression is conveniently provided in the javadoc for Double. http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Double.html

Author:

John Bauer (sort of)

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static boolean`	`isDecimalInteger(String string)`	Tests to see if an integer is a decimal integer, perhaps starting with +/-.
`static boolean`	`isDouble(String string)`	Returns true if the number can be successfully parsed by Double.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - isDecimalInteger
```
public static boolean isDecimalInteger(String string)
```
    Tests to see if an integer is a decimal integer, perhaps starting with +/-.
  - isDouble
```
public static boolean isDouble(String string)
```
    Returns true if the number can be successfully parsed by Double. Locale specific to English and ascii numerals.