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jedivaughn wrote:
> Hi, How is the best way to determine the type of input. I have the
> input coming in through a string but if the contents of the string is
> an integer then I want to convert it to such. This seems like it
> should be very easy to do but I can't seem to find out how to do it
> any where.

You could use Integer'Value. If it succeeds, than it represents an Integer. If 
it fails, then it doesn't.

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