In this tutorial, we will see how to convert String to float in python.
You can simply use float() function to convert String to float.
Let’s understand with the help of a simple example.
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str="22.4543232" f=float(str) print("Type of f:",type(f)) print(f) |
Output:
Type of f:
22.4543232
22.4543232
What happens if String cannot be converted to float
If String cannot be converted to float then it will raise ValueError.
Let’s understand with the help of example.
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str="abc" f=float(str) print(f) |
Output:
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ValueError Traceback (most recent call last)
in ()
1 str=”abc”
—-> 2 f=float(str)
3 print(f)
ValueError Traceback (most recent call last)
1 str=”abc”
—-> 2 f=float(str)
3 print(f)
ValueError: could not convert string to float: ‘abc’
That’s all about converting Python String to float.
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