How to remove comma from string 1,398.90 using groovy

Question

I am not able to remove comma from string 1,398.90 using groovy

def liveprice = '1,398.90'; def liveprice2 = liveprice.replaceAll(',', '')

your code works fine. please provide the details why you can't do it. — daggett, Jun 14 '19 at 11:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '19 at 12:23

1

I would really avoid using regular expressions with numbers

Especially numbers that look like money

You can use DecimalFormat to read that String into a BigDecimal (so you keep precision)

import java.text.*

BigDecimal result = DecimalFormat.instance.with {
    parseBigDecimal = true
    parse('1,398.90')
}

answered Jun 14 '19 at 12:23

tim_yates

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 14 '19 at 18:01

0

As mentioned by @daggett, your code works fine. Another alternative way besides regex or replace:

'1,39,9,,,,.90'.split(",").join()
// outputs: 1399.90

answered Jun 14 '19 at 18:01

Hossein Amerkashi

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