Find and extract a number from a string

Question

I have a requirement to find and extract a number contained within a string.

For example, from these strings:

string test = \"1 test\"
string test1 =         


        

Answer 1

Based on the last sample I created a method:

private string GetNumberFromString(string sLongString, int iLimitNumbers)
{
    string sReturn = "NA";
    int iNumbersCounter = 0;
    int iCharCounter = 0; 

    string sAlphaChars = string.Empty;
    string sNumbers = string.Empty;
    foreach (char str in sLongString)
    {
        if (char.IsDigit(str))
        {
            sNumbers += str.ToString();
            iNumbersCounter++;
            if (iNumbersCounter == iLimitNumbers)
            {
                return sReturn = sNumbers;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            sAlphaChars += str.ToString();
            iCharCounter++;
            // reset the counter 
            iNumbersCounter = 0; 
        }
    }
    return sReturn;
}