Typescript - extract string from Text containing symbols

Question

Original Text

var serverData = "12345 - Hello How are you!"
var serverData_1 = "12 - Washington"
var otherData = "965 - FileData"

How to extract only numbers from these 3 strings. So that I can get:

var server1 = "12345" from var serverData
var server2 = "12" from var serverData_1
var server3 = "965" from var otherData

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 08 '21 at 09:14

You can use a simple regex like:

var serverData = "12345 - Hello How are you!";
var serverData_1 = "12 - Washington";
var otherData = "965 - FileData";


console.log(/\d+/.exec(serverData)[0]);
console.log(/\d+/.exec(serverData_1)[0]);
console.log(/\d+/.exec(otherData)[0]);

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 08 '21 at 09:13

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If you always have the " - ", you can use the split command:

var server1 = serverData.split(" - ", 1);

answered Jan 08 '21 at 09:13

christiane kuech

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 08 '21 at 09:14

You can use regular expressions.

Example

var serverData = "12345 - Hello How are you!"
var serverData_1 = "12 - Washington"
var otherData = "965 - FileData"

var server1 = /\d+/.exec(serverData)[0]; //result "12345"
var server2 = /\d+/.exec(serverData_1)[0]; //result "12"
var server3 = /\d+/.exec(otherData)[0]; //result "965"

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 08 '21 at 09:16

Well if the struktur of the String always in this form "NUMBER - TEXT"

you can use

var server1 = serverData.split(' - ')[0];
var server2 = serverData_1.split(' - ')[0];
var server3 = otherData.split(' - ')[0];

But if you need it more generic

var server1 = /\d+/.exec(serverData)[0];
var server2 = /\d+/.exec(serverData_1)[0];
var server3 = /\d+/.exec(otherData)[0];

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 08 '21 at 09:16

var serverData = "12345 - Hello How are you!";
var serverData_1 = "12 - Washington";
var otherData = "965 - FileData";

function getNumbers(txt) {
   var numb = txt.match(/\d/g);
   numb = numb.join("");
   return numb;
}

console.log(getNumbers(serverData));
console.log(getNumbers(serverData_1));
console.log(getNumbers(otherData));

For more ways how to do it, please refer to: Extract a number from a string (JavaScript)

Typescript - extract string from Text containing symbols

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