Find index of number from a string in C#

Question

Form the below string I would like to get the index of the starting number.Please let me know how this can be done in C#.net.

For example

University of California, 1980-85.  
University of Colorado, 1999-02 

Answer 1

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text;  namespace IndexOfAny {     class Program     {         static void Main(string[] args)         {             Console.WriteLine("University of California, 1980-85".IndexOfAny("0123456789".ToCharArray()));         }     } } 

Answer 2

Following might help you to achieve your task

Regex re = new Regex(@"\d+");
Match m = re.Match(txtFindNumber.Text);
if (m.Success) 
{
    lblResults.Text = string.Format("RegEx found " + m.Value + " at position " + m.Index.ToString());
}
else 
{
    lblResults.Text = "You didn't enter a string containing a number!";
}