Find the first occurring number in a string Leetcode

Problem

Find the first occurring number in a string

Solution

Here is a non regex solution in javascript

var findFirstNum = function(str) {
    let i = 0;
    let result = "";
    let value;
    while (i<str.length) {
      if(!isNaN(parseInt(str[i]))) {
        if (str[i-1] === "-") {
          result = "-";
        }
        while (!isNaN(parseInt(str[i])) && i<str.length) {
          result = result + str[i];
          i++;
        }
        break;
      }
      i++;
    }
    return parseInt(result);  
};

Example Input

findFirstNum("words and -987 555");

Output

-987