1>>> s = pd.Series(["8", 6, "7.5", 3, "0.9"]) # mixed string and numeric values
2>>> s
30 8
41 6
52 7.5
63 3
74 0.9
8dtype: object
9
10>>> pd.to_numeric(s) # convert everything to float value
110 8.0
121 6.0
132 7.5
143 3.0
154 0.9
16dtype: float64
17