Re: isNaN function?

On 6 May 2004, at 14:29, Laforge Guillaume wrote:
> Hey, just for the fun, one more idea: let's use your own groovy 
> methods on Strings !
> Now, in groovy, it's possible to define your own groovy methods, your 
> own "new" methods on any class you like. So for instance, you can 
> extend String with a isNaN() method.
>
> ======================================================================
> class StringUtils {
>   static Boolean isNaN(String self) {
>     { |s| s.any { !Character.isDigit( (Character)it ) } }.doCall(self)
>   }
> }
>
> use(StringUtils) {
>   println "123456".isNaN()
>   println "123456a".isNaN()	
> }
> ======================================================================
>
> You can also define your new methods in a Java file of course.
> But I thought it would be groovier to define this new method in Groovy 
> 

Neat! :)

James
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