howto remove the thousand separator

[Mitya Sirenef]

On 04/14/2013 02:57 PM, pyth0n3r wrote:
> 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
 >
 >
 >

I would do int(num.replace(',', ''))

  -m


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