The Val() function will give you the first number that appears in the
string, so:
Val("The width of the box is 54") = 54
but
Val("I have 124 boxes of width 54") = 124
HTH,
Evan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ethan Rosch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 2:26 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: pull numbers from a string...
>
>
> Hi all..
>
> is there a funcion that wil strip everything out of a string
> except numbers?
>
> ie. The width of the box is 54"
>
> and I want to set
>
> <CFSET Width = 54>
>
> something like
>
> <CFSET Width = NumberStrip("The Width of the box is 54")>
>
> #width# = 54
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> ethan
>
>
>
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