I have the following:

```
{:department=>{"Pet Supplies"=>{"Birds"=>"16,414", "Cats"=>"243,384",
"Dogs"=>"512,186", "Fish & Aquatic Pets"=>"47,018",
"Horses"=>"14,749", "Insects"=>"359", "Reptiles &
Amphibians"=>"5,794", "Small Animals"=>"19,797"}}}

```

Now if I use `to_i` I get say 16. If I do `to_f` I get something like 16.0 (and as you can see Ruby is considering the `,` as a `.` for some reason).

I want the number to be exactly as in the string but as a number instead: `"Birds"=>16,414`

How to accomplish that?