Question

Write a function named is_float(s) that takes one argument that is a string. It returns True if string s represents a floating point value and returns False otherwise. You are required to use try-except. The basic concept is to "try" to convert string s to a float and if it succeeds, return True, but if it fails (that is, an exception is raised), return False. Note that float() raises a ValueError exception.

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

# Python Programme

#!/usr/bin/python

# Function definition is here

def is_float( str ):

try:

float(str)

return True

except ValueError:

return False

# Now you can call is_float function

print(is_float("3.45"))

print(is_float("3e4"))

print(is_float("abc"))

print(is_float("4"))

print(is_float(".5"))