How to convert a currency string to a double with jQuery or Javascript?

Question

I have a text box that will have a currency string in it that I then need to convert that string to a double to perform some operations on it.

\"$1,1

Answer 1

This worked for me and covers most edge cases :)

function toFloat(num) {
  const cleanStr = String(num).replace(/[^0-9.,]/g, '');
  let dotPos = cleanStr.indexOf('.');
  let commaPos = cleanStr.indexOf(',');

  if (dotPos < 0) dotPos = 0;

  if (commaPos < 0) commaPos = 0;

  const dotSplit = cleanStr.split('.');
  const commaSplit = cleanStr.split(',');

  const isDecimalDot = dotPos
    && (
      (commaPos && dotPos > commaPos)
      || (!commaPos && dotSplit[dotSplit.length - 1].length === 2)
    );

  const isDecimalComma = commaPos
    && (
      (dotPos && dotPos < commaPos)
      || (!dotPos && commaSplit[commaSplit.length - 1].length === 2)
    );

  let integerPart = cleanStr;
  let decimalPart = '0';
  if (isDecimalComma) {
    integerPart = commaSplit[0];
    decimalPart = commaSplit[1];
  }
  if (isDecimalDot) {
    integerPart = dotSplit[0];
    decimalPart = dotSplit[1];
  }

  return parseFloat(
    `${integerPart.replace(/[^0-9]/g, '')}.${decimalPart.replace(/[^0-9]/g, '')}`,
  );
}

toFloat('USD 1,500.00'); // 1500
toFloat('USD 1,500'); // 1500
toFloat('USD 500.00'); // 500
toFloat('USD 500'); // 500

toFloat('EUR 1.500,00'); // 1500
toFloat('EUR 1.500'); // 1500
toFloat('EUR 500,00'); // 500
toFloat('EUR 500'); // 500