# LSIsCurrency

Determines whether a value can be parsed to numeric in the given or default locale

## Method Signature

```
LSIsCurrency(number=[any], locale=[string])
```

### Arguments

| Argument | Type     | Required | Description                                                                     | Default |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| `number` | `any`    | `true`   | The value to be parsed                                                          |         |
| `locale` | `string` | `false`  | The locale to apply to parsing - uses the context config value if not specified |         |

## Examples

## Related

* [ClearLocale](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/clearlocale.md)
* [CurrencyFormat](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/currencyformat.md)
* [GetLocale](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/getlocale.md)
* [GetLocaleDisplayName](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/getlocaledisplayname.md)
* [GetLocaleInfo](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/getlocaleinfo.md)
* [IsCurrency](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/iscurrency.md)
* [LSCurrencyFormat](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/lscurrencyformat.md)
* [LSParseCurrency](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/lsparsecurrency.md)
* [ParseCurrency](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/parsecurrency.md)
* [SetLocale](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/setlocale.md)


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