How to convert a string to a number if it has commas in it as thousands separators?

Question

I have a string that represents a number which uses commas to separate thousands. How can I convert this to a number in python?

>>> int(\"1,000,000         


        

Answer 1

Replace the commas with empty strings, and turn the resulting string into an int or a float.

>>> a = '1,000,000'
>>> int(a.replace(',' , ''))
1000000
>>> float(a.replace(',' , ''))
1000000.0