DIY: Valid Number
Understand how to validate if a string represents a valid decimal number by analyzing characters like digits, exponents, signs, and decimal points. This lesson helps develop problem-solving skills to implement a function that checks numeric validity, a common coding interview task.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
Problem statement
Validate if a given string can be interpreted as a decimal number or not. Here is a list of characters that can appear in a valid decimal number:
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Numbers -
0-9 -
Exponent -
"e" -
Positive/negative sign -
"+"/"-"...