• u.s.aTrim Function
• u.s.changeCase Function
• u.s.lTrim Function
• u.s.pad Function
• u.s.replicate Function
• u.s.rTrim Function
• u.s.toBool Function
• u.s.toNum Function
• u.s.tran Function
• u.s.word Function

$u.s.toNum Function

Syntax

Arguments

strstring

The string to convert to a number.

Description

Convert a string into a number. Non-numeric characters are stripped out. The default thousands separator is a comma and decimal separator is a period. However, you can specify the values to use by setting $u.decimal and $u.comma.

Example

var amountString = '$2,623.23';
var amountValue = $u.s.toNum(amountString);
var discountValue = amountValue * .9;
var amountEuropeanString = 'E2.623,23';
$u.decimal = ',';
$u.comma = '.';
var amountValue = $u.s.toNum(amountEuropeanString);