Convert currency to decimal number JavaScript

Question

How can I convert currency string like this $123,456,78.3 to number like this 12345678.3 I tried to do using this pattern

let str = "$123,456,78.3";
let newStr = str.replace(/\D/g, '');

but it replaces . too.

Answer 1

var str = "$123,456,78.3";
var newStr = Number(str.replace(/[^0-9.-]+/g,""));