float() - Python Tutorial

 

Float() Built-in Function In Python

The float() built-in function converts integers and strings to floating point numbers.  This basic function simply just changes the type of object to a floating point number type in Python.

Float() Syntax

float(argument)

The argument can be a integer or string.  You can also include a float but it will do nothing to the floating point number. If you call the float() function on a integer the when be convert to float which it will contain a decimal and a zero.

Float() Examples

#float examples

>>> float(1)
1.0
>>> float("6")
6.0
>>> float("5.6")
5.6

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