Extract first number value from string sql

Question

I have found many answers that have pointed me on the right track for what I want, like this.

However, if I had a string like \"this attachment will be 22 in. x 15 i

Answer 1

Assuming there really is a number in the string, you can use patindex():

select left(s, patindex('%[^0-9]%', s) - 1)
from (select substring(col, patindex('%[0-9]%', col), len(col)) as s
      from t
     ) t;