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'>
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Please help me out to resolve below error
If I write like this
n = input(“Enter a numerical expression: “)
print(float(n))
got below error
print(float(n))
ValueError: could not convert string to float: ‘5.5+6.5’
Expected Output: 12
def priceOf(stockSymbol):
html = _readHTML(stockSymbol)
trade = html.find(‘yfs_l84’, 0)
beg = html.find(‘>’, trade)
end = html.find(‘‘, beg)
price = html[beg + 1: end]
price = price.replace(‘,’, ”)
return (float(str(price)))
This piece of could not convert string to float….The very last line…can you help in converting this string to a float…please..