diff --git a/ZString.cpp b/ZString.cpp
index 99074b9..e7ac35e 100644
--- a/ZString.cpp
+++ b/ZString.cpp
@@ -267,6 +267,15 @@ namespace coreutils {
       return strncmp(cursor, value, strlen(value)) == 0;
    }
 
+   bool ZString::startsWithDouble() {
+      push();
+      char *tempc = cursor;
+      double temp = strtod(cursor, &cursor);
+      int diff = cursor - tempc;
+      pop();
+      return diff != 0;
+   }
+
    int ZString::compare(ZString zstring) {
       char *end1 = data + length;
       char *end2 = zstring.getData() + zstring.getLength();
diff --git a/ZString.h b/ZString.h
index 330e5a2..5ec2844 100644
--- a/ZString.h
+++ b/ZString.h
@@ -248,6 +248,12 @@ namespace coreutils {
       
       bool startsWith(const char *value);
 
+      ///
+      ///
+      ///
+
+      bool startsWithDouble();
+      
       ///
       /// 
       ///
@@ -392,9 +398,17 @@ namespace coreutils {
       ///
       
       bool ifCRLF();
+
+      ///
+      ///
+      ///
       
       void nextChar();
-      
+
+      ///
+      ///
+      ///
+
       bool boolValue();
       
     protected:
diff --git a/testing/zstring_test.cpp b/testing/zstring_test.cpp
index 16257e7..904bacb 100644
--- a/testing/zstring_test.cpp
+++ b/testing/zstring_test.cpp
@@ -81,5 +81,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    coreutils::ZString test12("1");
    coreutils::ZString test13("12");
    std::cout << (test12 < test13) << ":" << (test13 < test12) << std::endl;   
+
+   coreutils::ZString test14("25.5");
+   coreutils::ZString test15("xyx");
+   std::cout << test14.startsWithDouble() << ":" << test15.startsWithDouble() << std::endl;
+   
    
 }