If you just want the first digit in the string: digit = rereplace(string, '[^0-9]+([0-9]).*', '\1')
If you want the first number (i.e. 7 or 63) digit = rereplace(string, '[^0-9]+([0-9]+).*', '\1') As always, the plug for CF-RegEx: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=21 --Ben Doom Programmer & General Lackey Moonbow Software : -----Original Message----- : From: Adrian Cesana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] : Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 1:10 PM : To: CF-Talk : Subject: pulling 3 numerics from an alphanumeric string : : : I need to pull the left most 3 numeric digits from an alphanumeric string, : anyone have a good method of doing this?. The string could also : have other : character in it like "#$,' etc... : : I was thinking this possibly could be done with LEFT() and REREPLACE()... : : Thanks,Adrian : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
