Hi Hilmar,

Not a good solution, what if the string is for instance "12,34e7abcde"? (Answer: 123400000,00)

>If your number is at the beginning of the string, you can use val(). You may want to use transform() first, to replace comma with point.
>
>>Hi all
>>
>>I need to retrive from a string only the numeric characters, comma, and point
>>like this,
>>

>>a="12,30asdfsdfs" i need a=12,30
>>a="12.25rtrtrt11" i need a=12.25
>>a="23,30        " i need a=24,30
>>

>>
>>João Batista