PYTHON

string to float python

# Use the function float() to turn a string into a float
string = '123.456'
number = float(string)
number
# Output:
# 123.456

python to float

float(string)

python cast to float

float('1.234')

Python convert string to float

num = "12.5464"
flt = float(num)

cast as float python

not_float = '.0975'
is_float  =  .0986

print(not_float)
print(is_float)

# Notice this won't work 
# new_number = not_float + is_float

# This will convert it to a float
new_number = float(not_float) + is_float

print(new_number)