Extracting number from a string of varying format
hegedus
Sat, 04/01/2023 - 08:18 am
Hi,
Here is the problem: In the workflow, the operator will need to enter a sample holder id number. I know where in the data file it will be, but the actual text can be quite variable given the number of operators.
The stings may be but not limited to:
"holder 31"
"pan 3"
"31"
"sample holder 31"
and various misspellings of words. But all I am interested in is the 31.
What is the simplest way just to extract the number from variable text string?
Andy
Some additional questions one needs to think about: Is the sample holder ID always just a number without characters included? Can the ID be followed by further words or characters? Can the string before the ID contain numbers? If the answer to all of these questions is no, then the following function should do the trick:
string scrap, num
SplitString /E="([[:alpha:]]*) *([[:digit:]]+)" input, scrap, num
return str2num(num)
End
31
•print readID("31")
31
•print readID("sample holder 31")
31
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