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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 _cast_float(self, value):
 """Returns the specified value as float if possible."""

        try:
            return float(value)
        except ValueError:
            msg.err("Cannot convert {} to float for line {}.".format(value, self.identifier))
            exit(1)