Problem in removing special characters from a string through js

Question

I am using this function to remove anything other than numbers, but it is giving me error, value.replace in not a function, Here's the function :

function filter_value(value)
{
    var filter = value.replace(/[^0-9.]+/g,''); 
    return filter;
}

Quentin · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-30 06:59:52Z

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If replace is not a function then value is not a string. Make sure you pass a string to the function.

answered Aug 30, 2011 at 6:59

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Paul Over a year ago

+1, I'd also like to add: Try value.toString().replace(/[^0-9.]+/g,''); to make the function a bit more robust and accept numbers and objects and such.

Ravinder Singh Over a year ago

I am passing a number with comma, and i want to remove the comma, so that i can do the calculation with that number.

ant_Ti · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-30 07:06:39Z

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function filter_value(value) {
    return parseInt(value.toString().replace(/\D+/g,''), 10);
}

This will return integer value

answered Aug 30, 2011 at 7:06

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Ravinder Singh Over a year ago

It is not working, for example if i pass the digit 1,002, it makes it 1 & skip 002, Please help

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