Question : URGENT: Need help parsing string for several numeric values SQL database columns

I need to be able to parse column data :

--start example data found in one column (Column1)
Do you have definitions around how availability will be measured?;#5#Are availability requirements factored into the design?;#5#Are changes tested prior to implementation?;#5#Are RFC's initiated to minimize risk and impact to availability?;#5#Are your RFC's assessed for impact on existing and planned availability levels?;#5#Are your availability monitoring requirements identified?;#5#Are your availability threshold levels identified?;#5#Is a process followed when there are threshold breaches?;#5#Do you collect and maintain availability data?;#5#Is the availability data compared with historical data to calculate trends?;#5#Are your SLA's monitored for compliance?;#5#If an SLA is out of compliance is that highlighted and rectified?;#5#
--end example data--

These are answers to a survey.  Each column (there are 9 of them) represents  a group of questions and their answers.  My most urgent need right now is to be able to extract the answers (the numbers within #s) and average them.  So the query result for the column above would be:

Column1
    5

I will need to do this totally using T-SQL queries.  I won't be able to create stored procedures or functions on the database server.  

Answer : URGENT: Need help parsing string for several numeric values SQL database columns

last line can be

select CAST ( @totals as float)/ CAST (@I as float )
this will give more exact figure
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