in reply to Re^3: Extracting money from a double quoted string
in thread Extracting money from a double quoted string

Thanks for correction and your observation. From /me, ++, despite one misgiving:

OP's description is sufficiently confused and confusing that it's not at all clear (until we read down to the updated reply) that he has any clue about the meaning of your distinction and -- obviously -- I failed to consider that distinction.