source: trunk/lib/utility/utility.h @ 389

// $Id: utility.h 389 2005-08-15 11:37:07Z peter $

#ifndef _theplu_utility_utility_
#define _theplu_utility_utility_ 

///
/// @file utility/utility.h
///
/// Some useful functions are placed here
///

#include <string>

namespace theplu {
namespace utility {


  ///
  /// Function return true if string is a number. A number is defined
  /// to start with plus(+), minus(-), deimal point(.), or a
  /// digit(0-9). It must contain at most one decimal point(.). Also
  /// it may contain 'E' or 'e' followed by an integer (see is_int).
  ///
  /// @return true if string is a number
  ///
  bool is_float(const std::string&);

  ///
  /// @return true if every character in string is a digit except the
  /// first one that may be '+' or '-'
  ///
  bool is_int(const std::string&);


}} // of namespace utility and namespace theplu

#endif