Converting string to float - python

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How can I convert one string column to float considering that it contains N/A values? I've tried to use the to_numeric function, but I'm receiving an error: "Unable to parse string "N/A" at position.

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The solution that worked in my case was to add an argument errors='coerce' to the to_numeric function.

df["mycolumn"] = pd.to_numeric(df["mycolumn"], errors='coerce', downcast="float")

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