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const DIGIT_EXPRESSION = /^\d$/;

const isDigit = (character) => {
    return character && DIGIT_EXPRESSION.test(character);
};

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const DIGIT_EXPRESSION = /^\d$/;

const isDigit = (character) => {
    return character && DIGIT_EXPRESSION.test(character);
};


// Usage example:

// digits

console.log(isDigit('0'));  // true
console.log(isDigit('5'));  // true
console.log(isDigit('9'));  // true

// letters

console.log(isDigit('a'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('z'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('A'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('Z'));  // false

// other

console.log(isDigit('10'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('ab'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('😎'));  // false

console.log(isDigit('-'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('.'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('+'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('*'));  // false

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// Note: this solution is many times faster than regular expression based solution.


const isDigit = (character) => {
    if (character.length === 1) {
        const code = character.codePointAt(0);
        return 47 < code && code < 58;
    }
    return false;
};


// Usage example:

// digits

console.log(isDigit('0'));  // true
console.log(isDigit('5'));  // true
console.log(isDigit('9'));  // true

// letters

console.log(isDigit('a'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('z'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('A'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('Z'));  // false

// other

console.log(isDigit('10'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('ab'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('😎'));  // false

console.log(isDigit('-'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('.'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('+'));  // false
console.log(isDigit('*'));  // false

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// Note: this solution is many times faster than regular expression based solution.


const isDigit = (character) => {
    if (character.length === 1) {
        const code = character.codePointAt(0);
        return 47 < code && code < 58;
    }
    return false;
};