extracting a number from a string in Java

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I have a string with a number inside and I want to retrieve that number. for example if I have a string "bla bla 45 bla bla" I want to get the number 45. I have searched a bit and found out that this code should make the work

Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile("\\d+").matcher("bla bla 45 bla bla");
if(matcher.matches())
    String result = matcher.group();

but it doesn't :(
probably the problem is that "\d+" regular expression is converted to "^\d+$" and so the matcher doesn't matches the number inside the text.
Any ideas.

brianegge · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-13 06:16:27Z

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Here's an example on how to use matcher.find()

    Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile("\\d+").matcher("bla bla 45 bla 22 bla");
    while(matcher.find()) {
        System.out.println(matcher.group());
    }

This will output

45
22

answered Oct 13, 2009 at 6:16

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tangens · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-13 06:10:27Z

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You should use matcher.find() instead.

answered Oct 13, 2009 at 6:10

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