IsKindOfClass argument: [NSNumber class] - a smart way to check this?

Question

So, I was playing with something where the type of the arg class is unknown until runtime. eg:

- (NSNumber *)doWhatever:(id)arg
{
    // this ALWAYS FAILS
    if ([arg isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]]) {
        return arg;
    }
    else {
        // what was it???
        NSLog("arg klass=%@", [arg class]);  // prints NSCFNumber
    }

    // This check works correctly.
    if ([arg isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]]) {
        for (id x in arg) {
            NSNumber *result = [self doWhatever:x];
            if (result) {
                return result;
            }
        }
    }
    return nil;
}

- (void)someMethod
{
    NSArray *myArray = [NSArray arrayFromObjects:[NSNumber numberWithInt:3], nil]];
    NSNumber *myNum = [self doWhatever:myArray];
    NSLog(@"myNum=%@", myNum);
}

This is obviously a far-fetched example of what I'm trying to do. The fact is that this never works. The b / c class "arg" is always displayed as NSCFNumber, and I cannot find a way to verify this.

Any way to make it less confusing to determine if an arbitrary value in an array is an integer or not?

Thanks Jamie

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, :

- (NSNumber *)doWhatever:(id)arg
{
    // this NOW WORKS
    if ([arg isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]]) {
        return arg;
    }
    else {
        // what was it???
        NSLog(@"arg klass=%@", [arg class]);  // prints NSCFNumber
    }

    // This check works correctly.
    if ([arg isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]]) {
        for (id x in arg) {
            NSNumber *result = [self doWhatever:x];
            if (result) {
                return result;
            }
        }
    }
    return nil;
}

- (void)someMethod
{
    NSArray *myArray = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
                        [NSNumber numberWithInt:1],
                        [NSNumber numberWithInt:2],
                        [NSNumber numberWithInt:3],
                        [NSNumber numberWithInt:4],
                        nil];
    NSNumber *myNum = [self doWhatever:myArray];
    NSLog(@"myNum=%@", myNum);
}

Answer 1

NSCFNumber NSNumber. isKindOfClass:, isMemberOfClass: [arg class] == [NSNumber class], . , .