Look the following text box and check it with the html code that use to create that text box .
<input id="textfield" type="text" name="textfiled" />
This is the function that use to validate .
function isNumber(n) { return !isNaN(parseFloat(n)) && isFinite(n); }
Then get your value of the text filed as below
var inputValue = $('#textfield').val();
Now put this “inputValue” to above function as below .
if (isNumber(grade)) { //your code here... }