title: Using regex in java to remove a dollar sign and comma from a currency field within a field in a column delimited file
body: <p>I am having a bit of a challenge trying to remove the dollar sign and thousands separator (comma in my case) from a currency field that resides on a record in a comma delimited file using the string.replaceAll command.</p>
  
  <p>Removing the dollar sign and comma (all commas) is no problem, but the comma field delimiters need to stay and here lies my challenge.  I have spend a bit of time researching this and am spinning my wheels.  </p>
  
  <p>Below is a pattern for the type of record being read in and what I would like to look like after.  </p>
  
  <p>Before - <code>fieldA, fieldB, fieldC, $1,000.00, fieldD, FieldE</code></p>
  
  <p>After -  <code>fieldA, fieldB, fieldC, 1000.00, fieldD, fieldE</code></p>
  
  <p>Or would I be better off not using a regex pattern?</p>
  
  <p>Any help is greatly appreciated.</p>