CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
This UDF will only grab the first Numbers in a string. If you have a string " mozilla/ 4.0 (winNT; IE5.0)" It will return 4.0 and ignore all the rest of your string.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<CFOUTPUT>
#parseInt("Opera/7.03 (Windows NT 5.0; U) [en]")#
</CFOUTPUT>

Returns: 7.03

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Parse out the first set of numbers in a string.
 * 
 * @param string      String to parse. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Marco G. Williams (email@marcogwilliams.com) 
 * @version 1, May 22, 2003 
 */
function parseInt(String){
    var NewString = "";
    var i = 1;

    for(i=1; i lt Len(String); i = i + 1) {
        if( isNumeric( mid(String,i,1) ) ) { newString = val( mid( String,i,Len(String) ) ); break;}
    }
    return NewString;
}