How do I convert a string to a double in Python?

Question

I would like to know how to convert a string containing digits to a double.

Answer 1

Be aware that if your string number contains more than 15 significant digits float(s) will round it.In those cases it is better to use Decimal

Here is an explanation and some code samples: https://docs.python.org/3/library/sys.html#sys.float_info