JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<input id="inputField">
<button onclick="javascript:foo()">check if numeric</button>

JavaScript

function foo() {
 var a = document.getElementById("inputField").value;
 if (isNaN(a)) 
 {
 alert("Must input numbers");
 }
 else
 {
 alert("its a number");
 }
}