Remove formatting from a string: “(123) 456-7890” => “1234567890”?

Question

I have a string when a telephone number is inputted - there is a mask so it always looks like \"(123) 456-7890\" - I\'d like to take the formatting out before saving it to the D

Answer 1

You would be better off using regular expressions. An int by definition is just a number, but you desire the formatting characters to make it a phone number, which is a string.

There are numerous posts about phone number validation, see A comprehensive regex for phone number validation for starters.