ValueError: could not convert string to float: '42,999'(Python)

Question

I don't know what is wrong with my code:

def check_Price():
   title = soup.find(id="productTitle").get_text()
   price = soup.find(id="priceblock_ourprice").get_text()
   converted_price=float(price[2:8])

  if(converted_price>42,999):
     send_mail()
  )

After running this code it is giving me following error:

converted_price=float(price[2:8])
ValueError: could not convert string to float: '42,999'

The problem is the ",". It can only handle ".". So what you need to to is to replace it — Sofien
– Sofien, Commented Jul 10, 2020 at 12:43
Float literals in python are like 42.999 you cannot use a comma seperator — Cory Kramer
– Cory Kramer, Commented Jul 10, 2020 at 12:44
Can you please mark it out I didn't Understand that quite well — Pythonicnerd
– Pythonicnerd, Commented Jul 10, 2020 at 12:46

0neir0s · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-10 12:47:38Z

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For converting to float, the string can have only numbers and upto one '.' in the string. You could use the below one or make it more generic.

price[2:8].replace(',','')

answered Jul 10, 2020 at 12:47

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