target variance for each solver run. authored by Yosh

app/helpers/common_helper.py

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
+
 def boolean_to_int(value: bool) -> int:
     if value:
         return 1
     else:
         return 0
+
+
+def is_float(element: str) -> bool:
+    try:
+        float(element)
+        return True
+    except ValueError:
+        return False