var regexp = /^[+-]?(?:\d{1,3}(?:\,\d{3})*)*\.?\d*(?:[eE][+-]?\d+(?:\,\d{3})*|[\u00bc\u00bd\u00be])?[%\u00b0]?$/
var strings =
[
'-0.5e-55',	//0	should be true
'-.5e-55',	//1	should be true
'.5e-55',	//2	should be true
'5e-55',	//3	should be true
'5,000e-55',	//4	should be true
'5,000e-5,500',	//5	should be true
'5,000e-5,50',	//6	should be false
'e-55',		//7	should be false
'-0.5e55',	//8	should be true
'-0.5e-5.5',	//9	should be false
'-0.5e55¼',	//10	should be false
'-0.5e55%',	//11	should be true
'-5¼',		//12	should be true
'-5.5¼'		//13	should be detected as true despite being wrong
]

function ts_parseFloat(num) {
	if (!num) return 0;
	var div = /%$/.test(num) ? 100 : 1;
	num = parseFloat(num.replace(/\u00bc/g, '.25').replace(/\u00bd/g, '.5').replace(/\u00be/g, '.75').replace(/\u00b0/g, '').replace(/%/g, '').replace(/,/g, ''));
	return (isNaN(num) ? 0 : (num/div));
}

function testnum(string)
{
//	if (regexp.test(string) && !/^[eE]/.test(string))
//		WScript.echo(i + '\t' + ts_parseFloat(string));
//	else
//		WScript.echo(i + '\t' + false);
	WScript.echo(i + '\t' + (regexp.test(string) && !/^[eE]/.test(string)));
}

for (var i = 0; i < strings.length; i++)
{
	testnum(strings[i])
}

//testnum('56,000')
//WScript.echo(parseFloat('e2'));