def to_num(values):
    r'''Legacy function to turn a list of strings into either floats
    (if numeric), stripped strings (if not) or None if the string is empty.
    Accepts any numeric formatting the float function does.

    Parameters
    ----------
    values : list
        list of strings

    Returns
    -------
    values : list
        list of floats, strings, and None values [-]

    Examples
    --------
    >>> to_num(['1', '1.1', '1E5', '0xB4', ''])
    [1.0, 1.1, 100000.0, '0xB4', None]
    '''
    for i in range(len(values)):
        try:
            values[i] = float(values[i])
        except:
            if values[i] == '':
                values[i] = None
            else:
                values[i] = values[i].strip()
                pass
    return values
def to_num(values):
    r'''Legacy function to turn a list of strings into either floats
    (if numeric), stripped strings (if not) or None if the string is empty.
    Accepts any numeric formatting the float function does.

    Parameters
    ----------
    values : list
        list of strings

    Returns
    -------
    values : list
        list of floats, strings, and None values [-]

    Examples
    --------
    >>> to_num(['1', '1.1', '1E5', '0xB4', ''])
    [1.0, 1.1, 100000.0, '0xB4', None]
    '''
    for i in range(len(values)):
        try:
            values[i] = float(values[i])
        except:
            if values[i] == '':
                values[i] = None
            else:
                values[i] = values[i].strip()
                pass
    return values
def to_num ( values ) : for i in range ( len ( values ) ) : try : values [ i ] = float ( values [ i ] ) except : if values [ i ] == '' : values [ i ] = None else : values [ i ] = values [ i ] . strip ( ) pass return values
r'''Legacy function to turn a list of strings into either floats
    (if numeric), stripped strings (if not) or None if the string is empty.
    Accepts any numeric formatting the float function does.

    Parameters
    ----------
    values : list
        list of strings

    Returns
    -------
    values : list
        list of floats, strings, and None values [-]

    Examples
    --------
    >>> to_num(['1', '1.1', '1E5', '0xB4', ''])
    [1.0, 1.1, 100000.0, '0xB4', None]
r Legacy function to turn a list of strings into either floats ( if numeric ) stripped strings ( if not ) or None if the string is empty . Accepts any numeric formatting the float function does .