Quick problem. Extracting numbers from a string.

Question

I need to extract one variable number from a string. The line always looks like this:

javascript:change(5);

with a variable that is 5.
How can I isolate it? Thank you very much in advance.

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Patrick beardmore 22 Aug At 22:10

4 answers

var test = "javascript:change(5);"
var number = new RegExp("\\d+", "g")
var match = test.match(number);

alert(match);

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Gavin gilmour 22 Aug 09 at 22:15

A simple RegExp can solve this problem:

var inputString = 'javascript:change(5);';
var results = /javascript:change\((\d+)\)/.exec(inputString);
if (results)
{
  alert(results[1]);  // 5
}

Using a part javascript:change

in a match also ensures that if the string is not in the correct format, you don't get a value from the matches.

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gnarf 22 Aug 09 at 22:15

var str = 'javascript:change(5);', result = str.match(/\((\d+)\)/);

if ( result ) {
    alert( result[1] ) 
}

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meder omuraliev 22 Aug '09 at 22:18

karim79 · Accepted Answer · 2009-08-22T22:14:44+0000

Here's one way, assuming the number is always surrounded by parentheses:

var str = 'javascript:change(5);';
var lastBit = str.split('(')[1];
var num = lastBit.split(')')[0];