check if something is a float python code example
Example 1: python is float
def is_number(x):
'''
Takes a word and checks if Number (Integer or Float).
'''
try:
# only integers and float converts safely
num = float(x)
return True
except ValueError as e: # not convertable to float
return False
Example 2: check if a string is float python
try:
float(element)
except ValueError:
print "Not a float"