How to convert Euro currency string to float number?

Question

I need to convert a string currency string in Continental Europe format into a float number:

Input:

\'6.150.593,22 €\'

Realize tha

Answer 1

A simple solution may be as follows:

>>> val = '6.150.593,22 €'
>>> res = val[:-2].split(',')
>>> float('.'.join([res[0].replace('.', ''), res[1]]))
6150593.22

Answer 2

value = '6.150.593,22 €'
value = value.split()[0]              #Take out euro symbol
integer, decimal = value.split(',')   #Separate integer and decimals
integer = integer.replace('.','')     #Take out dots
final_value = int(integer) + (int(decimal) * (10**(-len(decimal))))

Answer 3

Use locale.atof https://docs.python.org/3/library/locale.html#locale.atof

>>> import locale
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC,"nl")
'nl'
>>> locale.atof("6.150.593,22")
6150593.22

Answer 4

A good way of doing it (1 line) :

NewValue = float(value[:-2].replace(".", "").replace(",","."))