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title: strings.isDigit() function
description: >
  `strings.isDigit()` tests if a single-character string is a digit (0-9).
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  flux_v0_ref:
    name: strings.isDigit
    parent: strings
    identifier: strings/isDigit
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---

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`strings.isDigit()` tests if a single-character string is a digit (0-9).



##### Function type signature

```js
(v: string) => bool
```

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## Parameters

### v
({{< req >}})
Single-character string to test.




## Examples

### Filter by columns with digits as values

```js
import "strings"

data
    |> filter(fn: (r) => strings.isDigit(v: r._value))

```

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#### Input data

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | s       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | n       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 4       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 4       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | e       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | y       | t1   |

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | a       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | p       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 4       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 7       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | v       | t2   |


#### Output data

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 4       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 4       | t1   |

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 4       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 7       | t2   |

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