Parse Text and Integer

string Text;
string Value;
//
// parse a string and get the text and integer from it.
// only works for one word and one integer.
// yes this works 10, 10yes, 10Yes 10.99yes it does   work
// yes10no1 doesn't work
// cast Value to integer or float as needed.
//
parseInput(string input)
{
    integer index;

    while (index<llStringLength(input)){
        string character= llGetSubString(input,index,index);
        if((integer)character || llSubStringIndex("0.",character)>-1){
            Value+= character;
        } else{
            Text+=character;
        }
        index++;
    }
}
default
{
    touch_start(integer total_number)
    {

        string input = "yes this works10.99";
        Text="";
        Value="";
        parseInput(input);
        llOwnerSay("text " + Text + " - value " + Value);
    }
}