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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 float(self, column, total=8, places=2):
 """ Create a new float column on the table. :param column: The column :type column: str :type total: int :type places: 2 :rtype: Fluent """

        return self._add_column("float", column, total=total, places=places)