parseCurrency

Returns an amount that is equal to the given currency amount in text. Examples of what is supported:

• 12 USD

• 14.50 USD

• 10 USD

• 30 CHF

• $10.24

• £13

• €5000

Note this method does NOT respect internationalisation rules: it ignores commas and uses . as the decimal point separator, always. It also ignores the users locale:

• $ is always USD,

• £ is always GBP

• € is always the Euro

• ¥ is always Japanese Yen.

• ₽ is always the Russian ruble.

Thus an input of $12 expecting some other countries dollar will not work. Do your own parsing if you need correct handling of currency amounts with locale-sensitive handling.

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