Trying to extract specific characters in a column in R?

Question

The content in the column appears as follows $1,521+ 2 bds. I want to extract 1521 and put it in a new column. I know this can be done in alteryx using regex can I do it R?

Answer 1

How about the following?:

library(tidyverse)

x <- '$1,521+ 2 bds'

parse_number(x)