package helpers

import (
	"fmt"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
)

func ParseNumericString(value string) (float64, error) {

	value = strings.Replace(value, " ", "", 9999)
	value = strings.Replace(value, ",", ".", 9999)

	out, err := strconv.ParseFloat(value, 64)
	if err != nil {
		result, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 64)
		out = float64(result)
		if err != nil {
			return 0.0, fmt.Errorf("not numeric")
		}
	}
	return out, nil
}