Javascript ftw =) took me a bit to learn the commands xD im just a programmer newb var y = "93752xxx74............"; var text = 0; for(i = 0; i < y.length; i++) { if (y[i] < 10) { text = text + parseFloat(y[i]); } else { y = y.replace(y[i],""); i = i-3 } } alert(text);