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  1. def account_finder(value):
  2.     try:
  3.         return float(value)
  4.     except ValueError:
  5.         return value
  6.  
  7. for item_finder in ['1.234', '', 'nope', '12', '1.23e456']:
  8.     print('%s -> %r' % (item_finder, account_finder(item_finder)))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 9128KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
1.234 -> 1.234
 -> ''
nope -> 'nope'
12 -> 12.0
1.23e456 -> inf
https://ideone.com/fhtLAr
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63435191/convert-object-from-string-into-float-if-true
language:
Python 3 (python  3.12)
created:
5 years ago
visibility:
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