title: javascript converting and exploding string to number
body: <p>What can I use to convert this string into a number?  &quot;$148,326.00&quot;</p>
  <p>I am guessing that I need to explode it and take the dollar sign off, and then use parseFloat()? Would that be the wisest way?</p>
  <p>This is how I am getting the number:</p>
  <pre><code>var homestead = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName(&quot;sc2cash&quot;);
  document.getElementById('num1').innerHTML = homestead[1].textContent;
  </code></pre>