# Simple but useful article...IsNumeric

<datetime class="hidden">2004-01-07T00:00</datetime>
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As we all know, C# lacks an IsNumeric method, [this
article](http://aspalliance.com/Ambrose/Articles/IsNumeric.aspx) at AspAlliance looks at various methods of doing this and benchmarks them
to find the quickest...