how to convert this string to '380,00\xa0' to float,I get invalid literal for int() with base 10

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I know there is many questions as mine and I tryied almost all of them but no one of them worked

Here is what I have '380,00\xa0' as a string want to convert it to float

But here is what I get ValueError: could not convert string to float: '380,00\xa0'

I tried str.replace("\xa0", "")

The length of the string is dynamique so I can't do float(str[:5])

Does "380.00" work? Is your culture set for comma as the decimal separator? Try `import locale; print(locale.localeconv());` — Rup, Nov 11 '19 at 17:54
@Rup yes dont have problem with that! but Ineed whats after the coma — Ali, Nov 11 '19 at 17:55

Jonathan Scholbach · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-11T17:59:06.353

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The decimal separator for float is represented by the "." character, not by the "," character. Hence we have to do:

>>> s = "380,00\xa0"
>>> f = float(s.replace("\xa0", "").replace(",", "."))
>>> f

380.0

edited Nov 11 '19 at 17:59

answered Nov 11 '19 at 17:56

this is really brittle w/r/t locales. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/17815252/57135 – Joe Nov 11 '19 at 18:05
@Joe True. I was just answering how to convert the given string. Generalise that on your own risk only. :D – Jonathan Scholbach Nov 11 '19 at 21:28

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