Extracting a string matching a pattern from a line

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You can extract the word from this scripts

Code:

awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) {if($i ~/[0-9]/) {print $i}}}'  filename

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@pseudocoder and @gaur84 : Thanks a lot your solution works like a charm.

@dunkar70 : Thanks for your help too. Your solution does not work for the 3rd input though

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