How can I remove AutoNumeric formatting before submitting form?

autonumeric.js, javascript, jquery, jquery-plugins

Solution

I wrote a better, somewhat more general hack for this in jQuery

$('form').submit(function(){
    var form = $(this);
    $('input').each(function(i){
        var self = $(this);
        try{
            var v = self.autoNumeric('get');
            self.autoNumeric('destroy');
            self.val(v);
        }catch(err){
            console.log("Not an autonumeric field: " + self.attr("name"));
        }
    });
    return true;
});

This code cleans form w/ error handling on not autoNumeric values.

Problem

I'm using the jQuery plugin AutoNumeric but when I submit a form, I can't remove the formatting on the fields before `POST`. I tried to use `$('input').autonumeric('destroy')` (and other methods) but it leaves the formatting on the text fields. How can I `POST` the unformatted data to the server? How can I remove the formatting? Is there an attribute for it in the initial config, or somewhere else? I don't want to send the serialized form data to the server (with AJAX). I want to submit the form with the unformatted data like a normal HTML action.

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