Stripping out non-numeric characters in string

Question

Hey Im looking to strip out non-numeric characters in a string in ASP.NET C#

So i.e 40,595 p.a.

would end up with 40595

Thanks

Answer 1

An extension method will be a better approach:

public static string GetNumbers(this string text)
    {
        text = text ?? string.Empty;
        return new string(text.Where(p => char.IsDigit(p)).ToArray());
    }