Double.valueof wont work for formated string

Hi all

I got a noob question as I am a begginer in java and new to the forum! I bet its a simple matter but it seems to trouble me :confused:

so I got this String say "123,456.78" which I am trying to store inside a Double but I am getting a numberformatexception. the programm will understand the "123456.78" string but not the one with the thousand seperator!
I guess one option would be to get rid of the "," but I would like this to be clever and depend on my local/regeional setings, so regardelss of the decimal/thousand symbols the program to be able to understand that the above string can be a Double.

any advise/guideline?

thanks!

Stackoverflow: Convert a String to Number

copied code fragment:

Code java:

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import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
 
public class Test
{
    // Just for the sake of a simple test program!
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
    {
        NumberFormat format = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.US);
 
        Number number = format.parse("835,111.2");
        System.out.println(number); // or use number.doubleValue()
    }
}

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oh this seems to work as I wanted! thx!