configobj.Section.as_float

Section.as_float(key)

A convenience method which coerces the specified value to a float.

If the value is an invalid literal for float, a ValueError will be raised.

>>> a = ConfigObj()
>>> a['a'] = 'fish'
>>> a.as_float('a')  
Traceback (most recent call last):
ValueError: invalid literal for float(): fish
>>> a['b'] = '1'
>>> a.as_float('b')
1.0
>>> a['b'] = '3.2'
>>> a.as_float('b')  
3.2...