Extract numbers from a text in SQL Server

Question

i was searching script to extract number from text in sql server and i found this

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[GetNumbersFromText](@String VARCHAR(2000))
RETURNS @         


        

Answer 1

This is a bit shorter. Turned it into Inline Table Function that uses a recursive CTE to find the numbers.

create function [dbo].[GetNumbersFromText](@String varchar(2000))
returns table as return
(
  with C as
  (
    select cast(substring(S.Value, S1.Pos, S2.L) as int) as Number,
           stuff(s.Value, 1, S1.Pos + S2.L, '') as Value
    from (select @String+' ') as S(Value)
      cross apply (select patindex('%[0-9]%', S.Value)) as S1(Pos)
      cross apply (select patindex('%[^0-9]%', stuff(S.Value, 1, S1.Pos, ''))) as S2(L)
    union all
    select cast(substring(S.Value, S1.Pos, S2.L) as int),
           stuff(S.Value, 1, S1.Pos + S2.L, '')
    from C as S
      cross apply (select patindex('%[0-9]%', S.Value)) as S1(Pos)
      cross apply (select patindex('%[^0-9]%', stuff(S.Value, 1, S1.Pos, ''))) as S2(L)
    where patindex('%[0-9]%', S.Value) > 0
  )
  select Number
  from C
)

If you expect to have more than 100 numbers in the string you need to call it with option (maxrecursion 0).

declare @S varchar(max)
set @S = 'Give me 120 this week and 50 next week'
select number from GetNumbersFromText(@S) option (maxrecursion 0)