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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def toFloat(value):
 """ Converts string or signed list to float. """

    if isinstance(value, str):
        return strFloat(value)
    elif isinstance(value, list):
        return slistFloat(value)
    else:
        return value