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---
title: float
linktitle: float
description: Creates a `float` from the argument passed into the function.
godocref:
date: 2017-09-28
publishdate: 2017-09-28
lastmod: 2017-09-28
categories: [functions]
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parent: "functions"
keywords: [strings,floats]
signature: ["float INPUT"]
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deprecated: false
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---
Useful for turning strings into floating point numbers.
```
{{ float "1.23" }} → 1.23
```