How can I check if a number has a - as its start value using javascript?

I tested the following code and it returned me false when I expected it to be true..How can I fix this and why it's returning 开发者_如何转开发me false?

<script type="text/javascript">

 var str3 ="-12346dsfs56";
var reg4 =/^(-{1})\d+$/;
alert(reg4.test(str3));
</script>

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There are 2 simple ways i can think of.

first if its a number you can check if it's less than 0

if (number < 0) {
  // do stuff
}

or in your case a string you can check if the first character is a -

if (str[0] == "-") {
   // do stuff
}

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The regex returns False because that string is not a number (it contains letters)!

If you drop the $, the regex will only check if the string begins with a - and at least one digit. And you can drop the {1}, it's unnecessary since one occurrence is the default for a regex token.