howto remove the thousand separator

[pyth0n3r]

Hi,
I came across a problem that when i deal with int data with ',' as thousand separator, such as 12,916, i can not change it into int() or float().
How can i remove the comma in int data?
Any reply will be appreciated!!

Best,
Chen
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