convert a JavaScript string variable to decimal/money

Question

How can we convert a JavaScript string variable to decimal?

Is there a function such as:

parseInt(document.getElementById(amtid4).innerHTML)

Answer 1

Yes -- parseFloat.

parseFloat(document.getElementById(amtid4).innerHTML);

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For formatting numbers, use toFixed:

var num = parseFloat(document.getElementById(amtid4).innerHTML).toFixed(2);

num is now a string with the number formatted with two decimal places.