JS: Convert price by any string to float

#test

#string

#float

#convert

usage

priceUtils.convertToFloatByAnyFormat(priceValueVariable);

code

var priceUtils = {
 convertToFloatByAnyFormat: function(price){
 var decimal_separator = price.charAt(price.length - 3);
 if (decimal_separator == ","){
 price = price.replace(".", "");
 price = price.replace(",", ".");
 }
 else if (decimal_separator == "."){
 price = price.replace(",", "");
 }
 else {
 price = price.replace(/[\.,]/, "");
 }
 price = parseFloat(price);
 return price || "";
 }
}

test

var testPriceConvertion = function(){
 var test = ["1000", "1.000,00", "1000,00", "1000.00", "1,000.00", "1,000", "1.000"];
 console.log("Testing convertion " + test);
 for (var i in test){
 console.log(priceUtils.convertToFloatByAnyFormat(test[i]) == "1000.00");
 }
}