Question

I have a question that bothers me. How can i convert a varchar to number when inside the varchar value consists of alphabets.

For my varchar price column values:

14dollars10cents
15dollars20cents

By converting it to varchar to number price column, the values should be:

1410
1520

I know that if the varchar does not consists any alphabets, it can auto convert by”

SELECT CONVERT(INT, PRICE) FROM Table

Is there any way to get rid of the alphabets in the middle as I would like to do mathematical function on it.

Updated attempt of putting fixed point number in:

SELECT CAST (Replace(REPLACE(PRICE, 'dollars', '.'),'cents','') AS Number(4,2))) 
FROM TEST;

Thanks

Answer 1

SELECT CAST(REPLACE(YourVarcharCol, 'dollars', '') AS INT) FROM Table

The issue with this is it will break if the varchar still contains alpha-numeric characters.