diff --git a/include/osg/Math b/include/osg/Math
index ee5a1e350..2bd0d08ba 100644
--- a/include/osg/Math
+++ b/include/osg/Math
@@ -241,7 +241,14 @@ extern OSG_EXPORT double asciiToDouble(const char* str);
 /** Convert a ascii number to a float, ignoring locale settings.*/
 inline float asciiToFloat(const char* str) { return static_cast<float>(asciiToDouble(str)); }
 
+/** Detect first ascii POSITIVE number in string and convert to double.*/
+extern OSG_EXPORT double findAsciiToDouble(const char* str);
+
+/** Detect first ascii POSITIVE number in string and convert to double.*/
+inline float findAsciiToFloat(const char* str) { return static_cast<float>(findAsciiToDouble(str)); }
+
 }
 
+
 #endif  // __OSG_MATH
 
diff --git a/src/osg/GL2Extensions.cpp b/src/osg/GL2Extensions.cpp
index 29bd642b8..1a34111d7 100644
--- a/src/osg/GL2Extensions.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/GL2Extensions.cpp
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ void GL2Extensions::setupGL2Extensions(unsigned int contextID)
         return;
     }
     
-    _glVersion = asciiToFloat( version );
+    _glVersion = findAsciiToFloat( version );
     _glslLanguageVersion = 0.0f;
     
     bool shadersBuiltIn = OSG_GLES2_FEATURES || OSG_GL3_FEATURES;
@@ -540,12 +540,7 @@ void GL2Extensions::setupGL2Extensions(unsigned int contextID)
         const char* langVerStr = (const char*)glGetString(GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION);
         if( (glGetError() == GL_NO_ERROR) && langVerStr )
         {
-            std::string glslvs( langVerStr );
-            #if defined(OSG_GLES1_AVAILABLE) || defined(OSG_GLES2_AVAILABLE)
-                _glslLanguageVersion = ( asciiToFloat( glslvs.substr( glslvs.find( "GLSL ES " )+8 ).c_str() ) );
-            #else
-                _glslLanguageVersion = ( asciiToFloat( glslvs.substr( glslvs.find( "GLSL "+5 ) ).c_str() ) );
-            #endif
+            _glslLanguageVersion = (findAsciiToFloat(langVerStr));
         }
         else
             _glslLanguageVersion = 1.0f;
diff --git a/src/osg/GLExtensions.cpp b/src/osg/GLExtensions.cpp
index 4dd5e9112..52ddf9383 100644
--- a/src/osg/GLExtensions.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/GLExtensions.cpp
@@ -66,12 +66,7 @@ float osg::getGLVersionNumber()
     char *versionstring   = (char*) glGetString( GL_VERSION );
     if (!versionstring) return 0.0;
 
-    std::string vs( versionstring );
-    #if defined(OSG_GLES1_AVAILABLE) || defined(OSG_GLES2_AVAILABLE)
-        return( asciiToFloat( vs.substr( vs.find( "ES " )+3 ).c_str() ) );
-    #else
-        return( asciiToFloat( vs.substr( vs.find( " " )+1 ).c_str() ) );
-    #endif
+    return (findAsciiToFloat(versionstring));
 }
 
 bool osg::isExtensionInExtensionString(const char *extension, const char *extensionString)
diff --git a/src/osg/Math.cpp b/src/osg/Math.cpp
index 2793eab57..117ef8e5e 100644
--- a/src/osg/Math.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/Math.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 
+
 double osg::asciiToDouble(const char* str)
 {
     const char* ptr = str;
@@ -112,3 +113,20 @@ double osg::asciiToDouble(const char* str)
     }
 }
 
+double osg::findAsciiToDouble(const char* str)
+{
+   const char* ptr = str;
+   double value = 0.0;
+
+   while(*ptr != 0) {
+
+       if(*ptr>='0' && *ptr<='9') {
+           value = asciiToDouble(ptr);
+           return value;
+       }
+
+       ++ptr;
+   }
+
+   return 0.0;
+}