jenkins - how to get numeric values after special character in a string in pipeline

Question

In my pipeline I have a variable abd with value "xyz #123". I need to get only numeric value after special character #, How do I achieve this in Jenkins Pipeline?

Answer 1

You can do this in Groovy fairly simply (if your string always matches that pattern):

abc.substring(abc.indexOf('#') + 1, abc.length())

That will give you the string 123.