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Manuel Koch
Manuel Koch

Reputation: 361

Convert an alphanumeric string into a numeric string in salesforce apex

I need to convert a phone number into a numeric string. For example +1222333-456789 to 1222333456789.

What is the best way to this with salesforce apex?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2588

Answers (2)

Levementum - Temo
Levementum - Temo

Reputation: 21

This can be accomplished with a regular expression:

String phoneNumber = '(987) 654-3210';

// Remove non-digit characters
String phoneNumberDigits = phoneNumber.replaceAll('\\D+','');
long phoneNumberInt = Long.parseLong(phoneNumberDigits);

Upvotes: 0

Manuel Koch
Manuel Koch

Reputation: 361

For those who need a similar thing, this is how I did it:

if (num.isNumeric()) {
    return num;
}
else {
    String n = '';
    for (Integer i=0; i<num.length(); i++) {
        if (num.substring(i, i+1).isNumeric()) {
            n += num.substring(i, i+1);
        }
    }
    return n;
}

Feel free to advice me how I can improve the code.

Upvotes: 1

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