String + number split

[Stevie_mac]

Thank you all very much.


"Stevie_mac" <no.email at please.com> wrote in message news:2SAec.70005$Id.6002 at news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Hello again, I can do this, but I'm sure there is a much more elegant way...
>
> A string, with a number on the end, strip off the number & discard any underscores
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> eg...
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> font12        becomes         ('font',12)
> arial_14      becomes        ('arial',14)
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> Cheers
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