Convert string with commas to float

Question

Is there a built-in Delphi function which would convert a string such as \'3,232.00\' to float? StrToFloat raises an exception because of the comma. Or is the only way to stri

Answer 1

below is what i use. there might be more efficient ways, but this works for me. in short, no, i don't know of any built-in delphi function that will convert a string-float containing commas to a float

{~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  safeFloat

  Strips many bad characters from a string and returns it as a double.
}
function safeFloat(sStringFloat : AnsiString) : double;
var
  dReturn : double;

begin
  sStringFloat := stringReplace(sStringFloat, '%', '', [rfIgnoreCase, rfReplaceAll]);
  sStringFloat := stringReplace(sStringFloat, '$', '', [rfIgnoreCase, rfReplaceAll]);
  sStringFloat := stringReplace(sStringFloat, ' ', '', [rfIgnoreCase, rfReplaceAll]);
  sStringFloat := stringReplace(sStringFloat, ',', '', [rfIgnoreCase, rfReplaceAll]);
  try
    dReturn := strToFloat(sStringFloat);
  except
    dReturn := 0;
  end;
  result := dReturn;

end;