Extracting phone number from string

Question

I am trying to extract phone number in java from the given String i.e. the phone number can be anywhere in the String like [bla bla]TELEPHONE NUMBER[bla bla].Now I

Answer 1

To find number in any given format You can use use libphonenumber and findNumbers function.

Answer 2

Assuming your regular expression works as it should, you should take a look at this regex tutorial from Sun.

Answer 3

Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^[a-zA-Z]+([0-9]+).*");
Matcher m = p.matcher("Testing123Testing");

if (m.find()) {
    System.out.println(m.group(1));
}