Python: Trys to cast a string into int or float if possible, won't throw an error if not, just returns the string untouched.

castToType.py

# trys to cast strings into float or int if possible, or returns it.
def castToType(n):
	n = n.replace(",", ".")
	try:
		num = float(n)
		if "." not in n:
			return int(num)
		return num
	except ValueError:
		return n