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Asked: May 30, 20262026-05-30T19:27:25+00:00 2026-05-30T19:27:25+00:00

i have dollars in a string variable dollars = ‘$5.99’ how do i convert

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i have dollars in a string variable

dollars = '$5.99'

how do i convert this to a decimal instead of a string so that i can do operations with it like adding dollars to it?

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    2026-05-30T19:27:26+00:00Added an answer on May 30, 2026 at 7:27 pm

    There’s an easy approach:

    dollar_dec = float(dollars[1:])
    
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