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Advanced string to number converter!
/**
===DESCRIPTION===
This is a function that converts all sorts of string numbers to the Number type.
It can detect the decimal point automatically, so you don't have to worry about multiple points in your number!
Notice:
This is not meant to be used for normal text like "hello, how is it going?",
It's probably going to crash if you do so.
======USAGE======
Input: String
Output: Number
Input examples:
123.345.234,2 => 123345234.2
485,342,56.14 => 48534256.14
1000,35 => 1000.35
2467.467 => 2467.467
*/
const stringToNumberConverter = (input) => {
/**@type {[{type:"number"|"point", value:String}]} */
const firstArray = []
/** @type {false|"."|","}*/
var detectedSplitPoint = false
/** @type {false|"."|","}*/
var detectedDecimalPoint = false
var amountOfPoints = 0
const pointArray = []
//first cycle
input.split("").forEach((n) => {
if (["0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9"].includes(n)){
firstArray.push({
type:"number",
value:n
})
}else if (n == "." || n == ","){
firstArray.push({
type:"point",
value:n
})
amountOfPoints++
pointArray.push(n)
}
})
/**@type {[{type:"number"|"splitpoint"|"decimalpoint", value:String}]} */
const secondArray = []
//second cycle
if (amountOfPoints == 0){
firstArray.forEach((n) => {
if (n.type == "number") return secondArray.push({type:"number",value:n.value})
})
}else if (amountOfPoints == 1){
firstArray.forEach((n) => {
if (n.type == "number") return secondArray.push({type:"number",value:n.value})
if (n.type == "point"){
detectedDecimalPoint = n.value
secondArray.push({type:"decimalpoint",value:n})
}
})
}else if (amountOfPoints > 1){
if (pointArray[0] != pointArray[pointArray.length-1]){
detectedDecimalPoint = pointArray[pointArray.length-1]
detectedSplitPoint = pointArray[0]
}else {
detectedSplitPoint = pointArray[0]
}
firstArray.forEach((n) => {
if (n.type == "number") return secondArray.push({type:"number",value:n.value})
if (n.value == detectedSplitPoint) return secondArray.push({type:"splitpoint",value:n.value})
if (n.value == detectedDecimalPoint) return secondArray.push({type:"decimalpoint",value:n.value})
})
}
var numberString = ""
secondArray.forEach((n) => {
if (n.type == "number"){
numberString = numberString+n.value
}else if (n.type == "splitpoint"){
//do nothing with split points
return
}else if (n.type == "decimalpoint"){
numberString = numberString+"."
}
})
return Number(numberString)
}
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