RE: a reg-exp assist - js

At 09:16 AM 4/26/2002 -0600, Micah R. Condon wrote:
>re = /\$([0-9]+),?([0-9]+)/g;
>a = $40,000;
>a = a.replace(re,"$1$2");

I don't know what the possible number range is, but the above won't work 
for $1,000,000.  The best bet would be:

re = /[\$,]/g;
a = $40,000,000,000;
a = a.replace(re,"");

This will eliminate any number of commas, with or without a dollar sign.

Jason K. Chapman

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