Java: removing numeric values from string

Question

I have suceeded with the help of this community in removing numeric values from user input, however, my code below will only retrieve the alpha characters before the numeric

Answer 1

You can use:

firstname1 = firstname1.replaceAll("[0-9]","");

This will remove all numeric values from String firstName1.

    String firstname1 = "S1234am";
    firstname1 = firstname1.replaceAll("[0-9]","");
    System.out.println(firstname1);//Prints Sam