Is there a function to test if a String variable is a number value?

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Published on 2010-06-16T19:48:00Z Indexed on 2010/06/16 19:52 UTC
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Is there a way to test a string, such as the one below to see if it's an actual number value?

var theStr:String = '05';

I want to differentiate between the string value above and one such as this:

var theStr2:String = 'asdfl';

Thanks!

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