How can I save numbers with comma delimiter stored as string as an integer in python

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Result must include the delimiter.

Ex: a='1,000' of type string and the output must be: a=1,000 as an integer.

If you want to use a delimiter like this in Py3.6, use the underscore, e.g. int('1_000'), see PEP 515 — Chris_Rands
– Chris_Rands, Commented Sep 28, 2018 at 8:45
Possible duplicate of How do I use Python to convert a string to a number if it has commas in it as thousands separators? — mkrieger1
– mkrieger1, Commented Sep 28, 2018 at 10:12

Faisal Maqbool · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-28 10:09:49Z

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An integer won't include a comma. It's only for making the number readable that you add commas to it.

If you meant you want to parse the string into an integer, you should do the following:

num = int(a.replace(',', ''))

Afterwards if you want to present this integer with a comma again, you should just:

print "{:,}".format(num)

For back and fourth conversion in execution: Format and replace can help

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This is useful if you have to stay on , as delimiter. Otherwise Chris_Rands comment is the way of doing it.