Python How to convert String to float

In Python, we can use float() to convert String to float.

num = "3.1415"
print(num)
print(type(num))  # str
pi = float(num)  # convert str to float
print(pi)
print(type(pi))  # float

Output

3.1415
<class 'str'>
3.1415
<class 'float'>

References

1. Python docs – float()