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How to check entered value is of which primitive type?

 
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Hello,

How to check entered value is of which primitive type? Say, entered value is from command prompt.

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Before thinking of anything, which primitive would you say "0" is ?
 
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In that case you can make Regex pattern and check if contains only number form [0-9] means int. If contains Alphabet from [A-Za-z0-9] and other special character then String. If input contains [0-9] with (DOT .) then float. you can set it according to your requirement.
 
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Important question: what is "0"? Is it:
a) a byte
b) a short
c) a char
d) an int
e) a long
f) a float
g) a double
h) all of the above

These kinds of decisions are very important; do you always take int if possible, ignoring byte and short? Is char only every 1-character String that is not a digit?
 
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Somebody else had a similar question recently: here.
 
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