How to find and extract only number from string in C#?

I have a string with numbers in it, for example here is the string "121 testing your City", now, I would like to extract only "121" from the string, how can I do that using C#?

Asked by:- Vinnu

: 154 At:- 7/2/2018 6:39:16 AM

C# extract int from string

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1 Answers

Answered by:- neena

You can extract the number from a string using Regex, here is the regex that should work

Method first:

var NumberFromString= string.Join(string.Empty, Regex.Matches(StringWithNumber, @"\d+").OfType<Match>().Select(m => m.Value));

Input: " 121 testing"

Output: "121"

Second Method:

string StringWithNumbers= "121 - Testing";

var data = Regex.Match(StringWithNumbers, @"\d+").Value;

Console.WriteLine(data);

Third method:

Now it may be possible that your string may have a number like this "121/1 Testing answer", which may contain special characters also, so in that case, you would need a regex like below to remove special characters (-,/)

   Regex rgx = new Regex("[^0-9-/]");
  
   var Number = rgx.Replace("121/1 Testing String", "");  //121/1
   var remainingString = Model.Street.Replace(Number, "");

In this way, you can do this using Regex and change it according to your need.