How to get a number in a string?

Question

I want to get a integer value in a string. Any suggessions?

Take this as an example.

768 - Hello World

According to the preceding string i want to get the 768 to a variable. How to do so?

Answer 1

Int32.Parse(Regex.Match(some_string, @"\d+").Value);

some_string represents a variable that is of a string data type. The regex will return the very first number encountered starting from left. In your example it's 768. If the some_string contains 'hello 768", it will still return 768.

EDIT:

If you want to do without using regex, you can do so using a simple loop-

public string GetFirstNumber(string some_string) {

   if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(some_string)) {
        return string.Empty; // You could return null to indicate no data
   }

    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    bool found = false;

    foreach(char c in some_string){
        if(Char.IsDigit(c)){
            sb.Append(c);
            found = true;
        } else if(found){
            // If we have already found a digit, 
            // and current character is not a digit, stop looping
            break;                
        }
    }

    return sb.ToString();
}

How to get a number in a string?

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