I have a field which may have alphanumeric values like this:





I need to get the numeric part to do some calculations and then assembly the alpha + numeric part again. Is there any cool .Net function that would help me on this process instead of me looping the value backwards to get only the numeric part of 1253 in the above example?

Edhy Rijo

I think I'd try RegexMagic. It looks really accessible, with the ability to build regex patterns without having to actually know regex (i.e. they've abstracted out many pattern matching concepts to a higher level...you can search for a SSN rather than having to know the regex ([0-9]{3}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4}). It also can generate code snippets for you. And there is a free trial... Sounds like its worth a try to me!



http://www.regexmagic.com/

http://www.regexmagic.com/download.html



Regex Buddy is more useful if you already know regex (or want to learn it) and it doesn't have a free trial (but does have a nice money back guarantee).



My guess is that you'd still want to learn regex, but regex magic might make it possible to start using regex without the hours of trying to figure out how to build a pattern, which might actually increase the speed you learn it.

Hi Greg and all,



Just to let you know that today I finally had the opportunity to test a Regex match and replace and with the help of the RegexMagic I was able to create the correct pattern and replaced the previous flat condition which had to match several characters using String.Replace().Replace(), etc.



Once again, thanks for the contribution and push nicely for us to move in the right direction

Edhy Rijo

Glad to hear it! Sounds like RegexMagic is quite helpful.