Get number from string with regular expression in java

in java, we use Pattern to compile a regular expression and do the match with Matcher.

Example1:

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String args[]){
        String str = "12 gb";
        pickNumFromString(str);
    }
    private static void pickNumFromString(String str){
        String regEx = "//D+";
        Pattern pat = Pattern.compile(regEx);
        Matcher mat = pat.matcher(str);
        System.out.println(mat.replaceAll(""));
    }
}
 
Or, simply:

Example2:

    private static void pickNumFromString(String str){
        String regEx = "//D+";
       return str.replaceAll(regEx, "");
    }
}