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Could anyone please help me with the following problem

My xml file is
==============
<fig id="F0000001">
<caption>Caption text</caption>
<image id="I0000001" image.class="halftone" image.type="jpg" print="0"
width="29-6" depth="23-6" pointer="I0000001.jpg"/>
</fig>

I need my output in IE Browser using Javascript as follows (need it in
a loop, as I need to print in different places)

fig id output
======== ========
F0000001 1
F0000021 21
S0000001 1
S0000021 21

wrote:
> Could anyone please help me with the following problem
>
> My xml file is
> ==============
> <fig id="F0000001">
> <caption>Caption text</caption>
> <image id="I0000001" image.class="halftone" image.type="jpg" print="0"
> width="29-6" depth="23-6" pointer="I0000001.jpg"/>
> </fig>
>
> I need my output in IE Browser using Javascript as follows (need it in
> a loop, as I need to print in different places)
>
> fig id output
> ======== ========
> F0000001 1
> F0000021 21
> S0000001 1
> S0000021 21

To converting the string a primitive number assuming the format above:

var stringID = 'I00301';
var numberID = stringID.replace(/^\D*0*/,''); // --> 301


That will remove any leading non-digits and zeros in any browser that
supports regular expressions (which includes IE).



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JRS: In article <442d2c51$0$2142$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
01.iinet.net.au>, dated Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:17:55 remote, seen in
news:comp.lang.javascript, RobG <> posted :

>To converting the string a primitive number assuming the format above:
>
> var stringID = 'I00301';
> var numberID = stringID.replace(/^\D*0*/,''); // --> 301
>
>
>That will remove any leading non-digits and zeros in any browser that
>supports regular expressions (which includes IE).

And will remove the whole of "F0000000".
Maybe stringID.replace(/^\D*0*(.)/, '$1'); to be safer?

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