regex for number literals

gistfile1.js

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function isNumberLiteral(txt) {
	var re = /^(?:(?:0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+)|(?:0[oO][0-7]+)|(?:0[bB][01]+)|(?:\d+\.\d*(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?)|(?:\.\d+(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?)|(?:\d+(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?))$/;
	return re.test(txt);
}

isNumberLiteral("42");		// true
isNumberLiteral("-42");		// false
isNumberLiteral(".42");		// true
isNumberLiteral("0.42");	// true
isNumberLiteral("42.");		// true
isNumberLiteral("42.3");	// true
isNumberLiteral("42.");		// true
isNumberLiteral("42e3");	// true
isNumberLiteral("42.e3");	// true
isNumberLiteral(".42e3");	// true
isNumberLiteral("42e-3");	// true
isNumberLiteral("42.e-3");	// true
isNumberLiteral("0xaa");	// true
isNumberLiteral("042");		// true