Convert String with Dot or Comma as decimal separator to number in JavaScript

Question

An input element contains numbers a where comma or dot is used as decimal separator and space may be used to group thousands like this:

\'1,2\'

Answer 1

All the other solutions require you to know the format in advance. I needed to detect(!) the format in every case and this is what I end up with.

function detectFloat(source) {
    let float = accounting.unformat(source);
    let posComma = source.indexOf(',');
    if (posComma > -1) {
        let posDot = source.indexOf('.');
        if (posDot > -1 && posComma > posDot) {
            let germanFloat = accounting.unformat(source, ',');
            if (Math.abs(germanFloat) > Math.abs(float)) {
                float = germanFloat;
            }
        } else {
            // source = source.replace(/,/g, '.');
            float = accounting.unformat(source, ',');
        }
    }
    return float;
}

This was tested with the following cases:

        const cases = {
            "0": 0,
            "10.12": 10.12,
            "222.20": 222.20,
            "-222.20": -222.20,
            "+222,20": 222.20,
            "-222,20": -222.20,
            "-2.222,20": -2222.20,
            "-11.111,20": -11111.20,
        };

Suggestions welcome.