Using LINQ to parse the numbers from a string

Question

Is it possible to write a query where we get all those characters that could be parsed into int from any given string?

For example we have a string like: \"$%^DDFG

Answer 1

Regex:

private int ParseInput(string input)
{
    System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex r = new System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex(@"\d+");
    string valueString = string.Empty;
    foreach (System.Text.RegularExpressions.Match match in r.Matches(input))
        valueString += match.Value;
    return Convert.ToInt32(valueString);
}

And even slight harder: Can we get only first three numbers?

    private static int ParseInput(string input, int take)
    {
        System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex r = new System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex(@"\d+");
        string valueString = string.Empty;
        foreach (System.Text.RegularExpressions.Match match in r.Matches(input))
            valueString += match.Value;
        valueString = valueString.Substring(0, Math.Min(valueString.Length, take));
        return Convert.ToInt32(valueString);
    }