Question

I’m trying to figure out a way to parse the “$” and “,” out of a dollar amount.

For example, say I have a String that is $5,600. I need to parse it so what I have left is just 5600. Any help is great appreciated.

Thank you,
Kevin

Answer 1

You use the NumberFormat

 NumberFormat format = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();
 Number number = format.parse("$5,600");

number will be 5600

You can specify a locale if you want to target special countries.