convert a JavaScript string variable to decimal/money

Question

How can we convert a JavaScript string variable to decimal?

Is there a function such as:

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Answer 1

An easy short hand way would be to use +x It keeps the sign intact as well as the decimal numbers. The other alternative is to use parseFloat(x). Difference between parseFloat(x) and +x is for a blank string +x returns 0 where as parseFloat(x) returns NaN.