[Gambas-user] Convert a "currency" string to a number

[Bruce Steers]

On Sun, 26 Mar 2023 at 17:00, Bruce Steers <bsteers4 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, 25 Mar 2023 at 22:39, BB <adamnt42 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> What's the best way to convert a string that looks like "$98,765" or
>> "$98,765.43" to an integer / float?
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>> Or putting this another way, I want to test if the value is > something
>> (like "sTotal > 50000"), what is the most efficient way to do this check.
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>> tia
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>> bruce
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> What about
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oops , had a wrong var name in there

Print GetFloat("$98,765.43")

Public Sub GetFloat(sVal As String) As Float

  Return CFloat(Split(sVal, "£$,").Join(""))

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