Numbers from Strings

Source: R/util_get_numbers.R

Extracts numbers from a vector of character strings.

util_get_numbers(x)

Arguments

x

Character string or vector.

Value

Returns a numeric vector.

Details

This function uses the regular expression pattern "\\(?[0-9]+" to extract numbers from a vector of character strings. Note that decimal numbers (e.g., 3.5)

Author

Ivan Jacob Agaloos Pesigan

Examples

x <- c(
  "fkj;lakjfajkfak73875kllkj75487",
  "jhgtfiusdf639jhdajkhdf7356.4763"
)
util_get_numbers(x)

#> [1] 73875 75487   639  7356  4763