Convert k to Integer thousand Python.

si_to_int.py

def convert_si_to_number(x):
    total_stars = 0
    if 'k' in x:
        if len(x) > 1:
            total_stars = float(x.replace('k', '')) * 1000 # convert k to a thousand
    elif 'M' in x:
        if len(x) > 1:
            total_stars = float(x.replace('M', '')) * 1000000 # convert M to a million
    elif 'B' in x:
        total_stars = float(x.replace('B', '')) * 1000000000 # convert B to a Billion
    elif ',' in x:

        total_stars = float(x.replace(',','')) # removing ,
    else:
        total_stars = int(x) # Less than 1000
    
    return int(total_stars)