proc isNumberIntegral {x} { expr {$x == entier($x)} } # test with various kinds of numbers: foreach x {1e100 3.14 7 1.000000000000001 1000000000000000000000 -22.7 -123.000} { puts [format "%s: %s" $x [expr {[isNumberIntegral $x] ? "yes" : "no"}]] }