protected bool IsNumeric(string strNumber)
{
Regex objNotNumberPattern = new Regex("[^0-9.-]");
Regex objTwoDotPattern = new Regex("[0-9]*[.][0-9]*[.][0-9]*");
Regex objTwoMinusPattern = new Regex("[0-9]*[-][0-9]*[-][0-9]*");
String strValidRealPattern = "^([-]|[.]|[-.]|[0-9])[0-9]*[.]*[0-9]+$";
String strValidIntegerPattern = "^([-]|[0-9])[0-9]*$";
Regex objNumberPattern = new Regex("(" + strValidRealPattern + ")|(" + strValidIntegerPattern + ")");
return !objNotNumberPattern.IsMatch(strNumber) &&
!objTwoDotPattern.IsMatch(strNumber) &&
!objTwoMinusPattern.IsMatch(strNumber) &&
objNumberPattern.IsMatch(strNumber);
}