diff --git a/src/themachinethatgoesping/tools/.docstrings/helper.doc.hpp b/src/themachinethatgoesping/tools/.docstrings/helper.doc.hpp
index ea363df..bce7c2d 100644
--- a/src/themachinethatgoesping/tools/.docstrings/helper.doc.hpp
+++ b/src/themachinethatgoesping/tools/.docstrings/helper.doc.hpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//sourcehash: 9f2879b584e4bfb300551b9ca3ab8460dcc2c30a83d73fcd28eaa700d25d89e4
+//sourcehash: 8fbf31d3b83d1642941424adcb4a58ae322f9a64011c8fa9efc314f19b215d9d
 
 /*
   This file contains docstrings for use in the Python bindings.
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ static const char *__doc_themachinethatgoesping_tools_helper_approx_container_co
 
 static const char *__doc_themachinethatgoesping_tools_helper_compare_containers = R"doc()doc";
 
+static const char *__doc_themachinethatgoesping_tools_helper_float_equals = R"doc()doc";
+
 static const char *__doc_themachinethatgoesping_tools_helper_get_from_map_with_default = R"doc()doc";
 
 static const char *__doc_themachinethatgoesping_tools_helper_int_as_string = R"doc()doc";
diff --git a/src/themachinethatgoesping/tools/helper.hpp b/src/themachinethatgoesping/tools/helper.hpp
index 7a9e506..09fd644 100644
--- a/src/themachinethatgoesping/tools/helper.hpp
+++ b/src/themachinethatgoesping/tools/helper.hpp
@@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ inline bool compare_containers(const t_container1& c1, const t_container2& c2)
             return false;
 }
 
+template<typename t_float>
+bool float_equals(t_float a, t_float b, t_float epsilon = 0.0001)
+{
+    return std::abs(a - b) < epsilon || (std::isnan(a) && std::isnan(b)) ||
+           (std::isinf(a) && std::isinf(b));
+}
+
 } // namespace helper
 } // namespace tools
 } // namespace themachinethatgoesping