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Jython: parsing text to float containing commas

How can I parse a float scanned from a sheet as text, containing commas?

txt = "1,903.44"
value = float(txt) # This fails due to ',' in string

UPDATE: Sorry I wasn't clear. I'm using jython 2.5, which doesn't have the locale module.

Solution 
  • txt = "1,903.44"
value = float(txt.replace(',', ''))

    If you need localization, this won't really work but it does the trick if you know that commas are your separators.