Michael A. m-ad
m-ad
/ float_perf.py
Created
December 1, 2025 09:28
Compare performance of `is_float` check with try/except and regex
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| # /// script | |
| # dependencies = ["numpy"] | |
| # /// | |
| """ | |
| Goal: | |
| Compare performance of two strategies to check if a string | |
| can be converted to a float: | |
| 1) using try/except around float() | |
| 2) using a regular expression to match float shape |