* @throws NullPointerException if {@code string} is {@code null}
   * @since 14.0
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // regular expressions
  @CheckForNull
  public static Float tryParse(String string) {
    if (Doubles.FLOATING_POINT_PATTERN.matcher(string).matches()) {
      // TODO(lowasser): could be potentially optimized, but only with
      // extensive testing
      try {