How can I parse a string with a comma thousand separator to a number?

Question

I have 2,299.00 as a string and I am trying to parse it to a number. I tried using parseFloat, which results in 2. I guess the comma is the problem

Answer 1

All of these answers fail if you have a number in the millions.

3,456,789 would simply return 3456 with the replace method.

The most correct answer for simply removing the commas would have to be.

var number = '3,456,789.12';
number.split(',').join('');
/* number now equips 3456789.12 */
parseFloat(number);

Or simply written.

number = parseFloat(number.split(',').join(''));