javascript converting and exploding string to number

Question

What can I use to convert this string into a number? "$148,326.00"

I am guessing that I need to explode it and take the dollar sign off, and then use parseFloat()? Would that be the wisest way?

This is how I am getting the number:

var homestead = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("sc2cash");
document.getElementById('num1').innerHTML = homestead[1].textContent;

Petah · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-28T21:00:36.460

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You need to remove the dollar signs and commas, (string replace), then convert to a float value

Try this:

parseFloat('$148,326.00'.replace(/\$|,/g, ''))

To handle other currency symbols you could use the following instead (which will remove all non numeric values (excluding a . and -)):

parseFloat('$148,326.00'.replace(/[^0-9.-]+/g, ''))

edited Feb 28 '13 at 21:00

answered Jun 03 '11 at 05:18

Petah

`/[^0-9\.]+/g` should really just be `/[^0-9.]/g`. – Matt Ball Jun 03 '11 at 05:34
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You may want to pay attention to second solution, that would return the absolute value of a negative number. `parseFloat('$-148,326.00'.replace(/[^0-9\.]+/g, ''))` will return 148326 – Hazem Salama Feb 28 '13 at 19:54

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 03 '11 at 05:18

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var s = '$148,326.01';
parseFloat(s.replace(/[^\d.]/g, '')); // => 148326.01

answered Jun 03 '11 at 05:18

maerics

i revised the coding a little, im actually pulling the string from an xml.. i should be able to put the var to that right – Shawn Jun 03 '11 at 05:21

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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Will this help

edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

Community

answered Jun 03 '11 at 05:20

OnesimusUnbound

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 03 '11 at 05:23

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answered Jun 03 '11 at 05:23

Misam

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