Introduction
Many times we need to check or validations for numeric/string/Alphanumeric values.
Background
It provides some methods in C# .Net, which can be resue in your web or windows application.
The code
Code:
using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
class Validation {
public static void Main() {
String strToTest;
Validation objValidate = new Validation();
Console.Write("Enter a String to Test for Alphabets:");
strToTest = Console.ReadLine();
if (objValidate.IsAlpha(strToTest)) {
Console.WriteLine("{0} is Valid Alpha String", strToTest);
} else {
Console.WriteLine("{0} is not a Valid Alpha String", strToTest);
}
}
// Function to test for Positive Integers.
public bool IsNaturalNumber(String strNumber) {
Regex objNotNaturalPattern = new Regex("[^0-9]");
Regex objNaturalPattern = new Regex("0*[1-9][0-9]*");
return !objNotNaturalPattern.IsMatch(strNumber) && objNaturalPattern.IsMatch(strNumber);
}
// Function to test for Positive Integers with zero inclusive
public bool IsWholeNumber(String strNumber) {
Regex objNotWholePattern = new Regex("[^0-9]");
return !objNotWholePattern.IsMatch(strNumber);
}
// Function to Test for Integers both Positive & Negative
public bool IsInteger(String strNumber) {
Regex objNotIntPattern = new Regex("[^0-9-]");
Regex objIntPattern = new Regex("^-[0-9]+$|^[0-9]+$");
return !objNotIntPattern.IsMatch(strNumber) &&
objIntPattern.IsMatch(strNumber);
}
// Function to Test for Positive Number both Integer & Real
public bool IsPositiveNumber(String strNumber) {
Regex objNotPositivePattern = new Regex("[^0-9.]");
Regex objPositivePattern = new Regex("^[.][0-9]+$|[0-9]*[.]*[0-9]+$");
Regex objTwoDotPattern = new Regex("[0-9]*[.][0-9]*[.][0-9]*");
return !objNotPositivePattern.IsMatch(strNumber) &&
objPositivePattern.IsMatch(strNumber) && !objTwoDotPattern.IsMatch(strNumber);
}
// Function to test whether the string is valid number or not
public bool IsNumber(String strNumber) {
Regex objNotNumberPattern = new Regex("[^0-9.-]");
Regex objTwoDotPattern = new Regex("[0-9]*[.][0-9]*[.][0-9]*");
Regex objTwoMinusPattern = new Regex("[0-9]*[-][0-9]*[-][0-9]*");
String strValidRealPattern = "^([-]|[.]|[-.]|[0-9])[0-9]*[.]*[0-9]+$";
String strValidIntegerPattern = "^([-]|[0-9])[0-9]*$";
Regex objNumberPattern = new Regex("(" + strValidRealPattern + ")|(" + trValidIntegerPattern + ")");
return !objNotNumberPattern.IsMatch(strNumber) && !objTwoDotPattern.IsMatch(strNumber) && !objTwoMinusPattern.IsMatch(strNumber) && objNumberPattern.IsMatch(strNumber);
}
// Function To test for Alphabets.
public bool IsAlpha(String strToCheck) {
Regex objAlphaPattern = new Regex("[^a-zA-Z]");
return !objAlphaPattern.IsMatch(strToCheck);
}
// Function to Check for AlphaNumeric.
public bool IsAlphaNumeric(String strToCheck) {
Regex objAlphaNumericPattern = new Regex("[^a-zA-Z0-9]");
return !objAlphaNumericPattern.IsMatch(strToCheck);
}
}

