public boolean numCheck(String input, int number)
{
	if(number > input.length())
	{
		// handle the case where the input String length is shorter than the number param
		return false;
	}
	// have to subtract one off the number as charAt is indexed starting at 0
	if(Character.isDigit(input.charAt(number - 1))
	{
		return true;
	}
	return false;
}