Pull Integers
Extract integers from text.
Pulls signed integers from text into a joined list. Unlike Extract Numbers this keeps integers only. Unlike Regex Tester this is a fixed extractor. Empty or no matches fail.
What Pull Integers does
Pulls signed integers from text into a joined list. Unlike Extract Numbers this keeps integers only. Unlike Regex Tester this is a fixed extractor. Empty or no matches fail.
The interactive controls for Pull Integers load after this article so crawlers still read the instructions. Path /developer/pull-integers is the canonical address. Work happens on this device; Tool-You does not take a copy of the file or pasted text for Pull Integers.
How to use Pull Integers
- Keep this tab on Pull Integers (/developer/pull-integers). Pasting into the wrong Developer tool (for example Extract Numbers) changes the job.
- Paste or type the input Pull Integers expects. Path hint: developer · pull integers. Extract integers from text.
- Apply the Pull Integers action only. Regex Tester is a different transform (Test or replace with a JavaScript regex locally.). Pulls signed integers from text into a joined list. Unlike Extract Numbers this keeps integers only. Unlike Regex Tester this is a fixed extractor. Empty or no matches fail.
- Copy the output of Pull Integers if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Signed integers only. Empty/no match fails.
- If the text job is actually Pull decimal numbers out of pasted text., leave Pull Integers and open Extract Numbers.
When not to use Pull Integers
Skip Pull Integers when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Extract Numbers or Regex Tester — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Pulls signed integers from text into a joined list. Unlike Extract Numbers this keeps integers only. Unlike Regex Tester this is a fixed extractor. Empty or no matches fail.
Questions about Pull Integers
- What does Pull Integers do that other Developer pages on this site do not?
- Pulls signed integers from text into a joined list. Unlike Extract Numbers this keeps integers only. Unlike Regex Tester this is a fixed extractor. Empty or no matches fail. Short version: Extract integers from text.
- Does Pull Integers upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?
- No. Pull Integers runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Signed integers only. Empty/no match fails.
- Should I use Extract Numbers instead of Pull Integers?
- Use Pull Integers when you need Extract integers from text. Use Extract Numbers when you need Pull decimal numbers out of pasted text. They share a category (Developer) but not the same job.
- What are the limits of Pull Integers?
- Signed integers only. Empty/no match fails. Also: Pulls signed integers from text into a joined list. Unlike Extract Numbers this keeps integers only. Unlike Regex Tester this is a fixed extractor. Empty or no matches fail.