str_as_float

Converts a string to a floating-point number, returning None if the conversion fails or if the input is not a string.

def str_as_float(
    s: str
) - > float

Converts a string representation of a number into a float value. Use this to safely parse numeric strings from external inputs or configuration files.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
s	str	The string value containing a numeric representation to be converted.

Returns

Type	Description
float	The numeric float representation of the input string.