title: Remove currency symbol from string and convert to a number using a single line in Javascript
body: <p>I have a string below that is a price in £, I want to remove the currency symbol and then convert this into a number/price I can use to compare against another value (eg. X >= Y ...)</p>
  
  <p><code>£14.50</code></p>
  
  <p>I have previously converted strings to numbers used for currency with</p>
  
  <p><code>var priceNum = parseFloat(price);</code></p>
  
  <p>IDEAL OUTCOME</p>
  
  <p><code>14.50</code> as a number value. Can this be done in a single line?</p>