float in python

#Float or int like this - 2.6, 5.7, 1.89 etc

a = 90.7
print(a, 'is a float')

def is_number(x):
    '''
        Takes a word and checks if Number (Integer or Float).
    '''
    try:
        # only integers and float converts safely
        num = float(x)
        return True
    except ValueError as e: # not convertable to float
        return False

#float is a number with comma. Quando si parla di float si intendono i numeri con la virgola.

float(x)
#5 as a float would have to be writen as
float(5.0)