Check if input is a number or letter in JavaScript?

Javascript Web Development Object Oriented Programming

To check if the input is a number or letter, use the isNaN() function from JavaScript. It returns true if the value is NaN i.e. Not a Number. Following is the code −

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initialscale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<script src="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.
css" integrity="sha384- BVYiiSIFeK1dGmJRAkycuHAHRg32OmUcww7on3RYdg4Va+PmSTsz/K68vbdEjh4u"
crossorigin="anonymous">
</head>
<body>
<form name="checkingInput" action="" onsubmit="return
checkInputIsNumber()">
Enter the value: <input type="text" name="txtValue">
<br>
<input type="submit" value="check">
<script>
   function checkInputIsNumber(){
      var value=document.forms["checkingInput"]["txtValue"].value;
      if (isNaN(value)){
         alert("Please Provide the input as a number");
         return false;
      }
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>

To run the above program, save the file name “anyName.html(index.html)” and right click on the file. Select the option “Open with Live Server” in VS Code editor.