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what language do you want that in?
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simple... use regex<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dim r As New System.Text.RegularExpress<wbr />ions.Regex<wbr />(&quot;[^0-9]*&quot;<wbr />) '&lt;-- one liner<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; MsgBox(r.Replace(&quot;thepath + picnum1256.jpg&quot;, &quot;&quot;)) 'example 1.will display 1256<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; MsgBox(r.Replace(&quot;Hello..1<wbr />23,4+5~6&amp;7<wbr />*8(9)0&quot;, &quot;&quot;)) 'example 2. will display 1234567890<br />
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Have Fun!<br />
Pratap
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simple... use regex

        Dim r As New System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex("[^0-9]*") '<-- one liner
        MsgBox(r.Replace("thepath + picnum1256.jpg", "")) 'example 1.will display 1256
        MsgBox(r.Replace("Hello..123,4+5~6&7*8(9)0", "")) 'example 2. will display 1234567890


Have Fun!
Pratap

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The function will be passed <br />
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ie<br />
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thepath + picnum1256.jpg<br />
&nbsp;and so on<br />
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needs to return:<br />
1256<br />
help!<br />
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The function will be passed 

ie

thepath + picnum1256.jpg
 and so on

needs to return:
1256
help!



Need a function to take a string, and return numbers in that string

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