Substring a string until first number character in Java

Question

how can i extract a string until he's first number character? For example i have this string and i want to cut them from the start until the first nummeric ( 1 or 12). The text is dynamic so only the start word is every time the same not the number and not the position of the number.

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Possible duplicate of [How to split a string in Java](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3481828/how-to-split-a-string-in-java) — user1803551, Apr 08 '17 at 13:16

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '17 at 13:13

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You can use the

public String[] split(String regex)

method in String class, just need to pass a regex pattern with numbers like [0-9].

String getSubstringUntilFirstNumber(String source) {
    return source.split("[0-9]")[0];
}

answered Apr 08 '17 at 13:13

Bogdan Oros

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