Question: I have an object column(item\_price) and I want to convert it in a float column but I can´t not do it with the symbol $...can anyone help me??

Thanks in advance

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Answer: 
Use:

```
chipo['item_price'] = chipo['item_price'].str.lstrip('$')

```

and then convert it float.
Try this:

```
chipo['item_price'] = chipo['item_price'].str.replace('$', '', regex=False).astype(float)

```