Converting locale number to number

Question

I am able to convert a number to comma separated locale string. Is there a similar function to convert comma separated locale string to a number?

var number = 1000000;
number.toLocaleString();
Output: "1,000,000"

How to convert 1,000,000 to 1000000 using JavaScript?

Ahmad · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-27T04:49:34.463

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var number = 1000000;
console.log('numeric number', number); //1000000

var str = number.toLocaleString();  
console.log('with commas', str);  //1,000,000

var num = str.replace(/\D/g,'');
console.log('string without commas', num);  //1000000  (string)

var num2 = parseInt(num);
console.log('numeric', num2);  //1000000  (numeric)

An easy way to convert a string that might contain commas to a number is to find any non-digits within the string and remove it, thus, remaining with only digits.

var num = number.toLocaleString().replace(/\D/g,''); //1000000

edited Nov 27 '18 at 04:49

answered Mar 05 '18 at 10:24

Ahmad

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"Uncaught SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list" is thrown ! – Bharadwaj Mar 05 '18 at 10:27
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@Bharadwaj I updated my answer and included snippet. Check again – Ahmad Mar 05 '18 at 10:31
isn't your result still a string? using `parseFloat()` as mentioned in one of the marked duplicates seems to be a good idea. – Nope Mar 05 '18 at 10:32
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you miss decimals in this way – quirimmo Jan 12 '19 at 12:57
@quirimmo you are right. I should update my answer – Ahmad Jan 12 '19 at 16:30
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This doesn't work for locales that use a comma as a decimal and the period as the separator. – Cody C Jun 03 '19 at 16:50

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