how about : (extract format (chop 'ab33Cd)) -> (3 3)
or : (format (pack (extract format (chop 'ab33Cd)))) -> 33 On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 4:16 PM, dean <deangwillia...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've seen num? and chop but think I need something in the middle to turn a > character to a number. > > Having said that I seem to have got close by accident...i.e. I was going > to try and bend this...but it found a single integer as it was :) > > : (pick '((Ch) (and (= Ch (uppc Ch)) Ch)) (chop 'ab33Cd)) > -> "3" > > I'd like this to detect 33 but see that chop precludes this. > > Any help much appreciated. > >