diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CastUtils.java b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CastUtils.java
index a2e427b4a4ce2..424a52e7d6388 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CastUtils.java
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CastUtils.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.DataType;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.DataTypes;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.Decimal;
+import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String;
 
 /**
  * Static helpers used by {@code Cast.doGenCode} (and corresponding eval paths)
@@ -112,4 +113,37 @@ public static Decimal changePrecisionExact(
   public static Decimal changePrecisionOrNull(Decimal d, int precision, int scale) {
     return d.changePrecision(precision, scale) ? d : null;
   }
+
+  // ----- string -> floating point (ANSI: throw on invalid input) -----
+  // Mirrors castToFloatCode / castToDoubleCode: parse the string, and on a
+  // NumberFormatException fall back to the special-literal forms handled by
+  // Cast.processFloatingPointSpecialLiterals (inf / +inf / -inf / infinity / nan,
+  // case-insensitive). If that also yields no value, throw the ANSI
+  // CAST_INVALID_INPUT error citing the original (untrimmed) input string.
+
+  public static float stringToFloatExact(UTF8String s, QueryContext context) {
+    String str = s.toString();
+    try {
+      return Float.parseFloat(str);
+    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+      Float f = (Float) Cast.processFloatingPointSpecialLiterals(str, true);
+      if (f == null) {
+        throw QueryExecutionErrors.invalidInputInCastToNumberError(FLOAT, s, context);
+      }
+      return f;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static double stringToDoubleExact(UTF8String s, QueryContext context) {
+    String str = s.toString();
+    try {
+      return Double.parseDouble(str);
+    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+      Double d = (Double) Cast.processFloatingPointSpecialLiterals(str, false);
+      if (d == null) {
+        throw QueryExecutionErrors.invalidInputInCastToNumberError(DOUBLE, s, context);
+      }
+      return d;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
index 66501ebe7d5c8..8b336fef453a8 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
@@ -1170,16 +1170,14 @@ case class Cast(
   private[this] def castToDouble(from: DataType): Any => Any = from match {
     case _: StringType =>
       buildCast[UTF8String](_, s => {
-        val doubleStr = s.toString
-        try doubleStr.toDouble catch {
-          case _: NumberFormatException =>
-            val d = Cast.processFloatingPointSpecialLiterals(doubleStr, false)
-            if (ansiEnabled && d == null) {
-              throw QueryExecutionErrors.invalidInputInCastToNumberError(
-                DoubleType, s, getContextOrNull())
-            } else {
-              d
-            }
+        if (ansiEnabled) {
+          CastUtils.stringToDoubleExact(s, getContextOrNull())
+        } else {
+          val doubleStr = s.toString
+          try doubleStr.toDouble catch {
+            case _: NumberFormatException =>
+              Cast.processFloatingPointSpecialLiterals(doubleStr, false)
+          }
         }
       })
     case BooleanType =>
@@ -1197,16 +1195,14 @@ case class Cast(
   private[this] def castToFloat(from: DataType): Any => Any = from match {
     case _: StringType =>
       buildCast[UTF8String](_, s => {
-        val floatStr = s.toString
-        try floatStr.toFloat catch {
-          case _: NumberFormatException =>
-            val f = Cast.processFloatingPointSpecialLiterals(floatStr, true)
-            if (ansiEnabled && f == null) {
-              throw QueryExecutionErrors.invalidInputInCastToNumberError(
-                FloatType, s, getContextOrNull())
-            } else {
-              f
-            }
+        if (ansiEnabled) {
+          CastUtils.stringToFloatExact(s, getContextOrNull())
+        } else {
+          val floatStr = s.toString
+          try floatStr.toFloat catch {
+            case _: NumberFormatException =>
+              Cast.processFloatingPointSpecialLiterals(floatStr, true)
+          }
         }
       })
     case BooleanType =>
@@ -2212,28 +2208,27 @@ case class Cast(
   private[this] def castToFloatCode(from: DataType, ctx: CodegenContext): CastFunction = {
     from match {
       case _: StringType =>
-        val floatStr = ctx.freshVariable("floatStr", StringType)
         (c, evPrim, evNull) =>
-          val handleNull = if (ansiEnabled) {
+          if (ansiEnabled) {
+            val castUtils = classOf[CastUtils].getName
             val errorContext = getContextOrNullCode(ctx)
-            "throw QueryExecutionErrors.invalidInputInCastToNumberError(" +
-              s"org.apache.spark.sql.types.FloatType$$.MODULE$$,$c, $errorContext);"
+            code"$evPrim = $castUtils.stringToFloatExact($c, $errorContext);"
           } else {
-            s"$evNull = true;"
-          }
-          code"""
-          final String $floatStr = $c.toString();
-          try {
-            $evPrim = Float.valueOf($floatStr);
-          } catch (java.lang.NumberFormatException e) {
-            final Float f = (Float) Cast.processFloatingPointSpecialLiterals($floatStr, true);
-            if (f == null) {
-              $handleNull
-            } else {
-              $evPrim = f.floatValue();
+            val floatStr = ctx.freshVariable("floatStr", StringType)
+            code"""
+            final String $floatStr = $c.toString();
+            try {
+              $evPrim = Float.valueOf($floatStr);
+            } catch (java.lang.NumberFormatException e) {
+              final Float f = (Float) Cast.processFloatingPointSpecialLiterals($floatStr, true);
+              if (f == null) {
+                $evNull = true;
+              } else {
+                $evPrim = f.floatValue();
+              }
             }
+          """
           }
-        """
       case BooleanType =>
         (c, evPrim, evNull) => code"$evPrim = $c ? 1.0f : 0.0f;"
       case DateType =>
@@ -2250,28 +2245,27 @@ case class Cast(
   private[this] def castToDoubleCode(from: DataType, ctx: CodegenContext): CastFunction = {
     from match {
       case _: StringType =>
-        val doubleStr = ctx.freshVariable("doubleStr", StringType)
         (c, evPrim, evNull) =>
-          val handleNull = if (ansiEnabled) {
+          if (ansiEnabled) {
+            val castUtils = classOf[CastUtils].getName
             val errorContext = getContextOrNullCode(ctx)
-            "throw QueryExecutionErrors.invalidInputInCastToNumberError(" +
-              s"org.apache.spark.sql.types.DoubleType$$.MODULE$$, $c, $errorContext);"
+            code"$evPrim = $castUtils.stringToDoubleExact($c, $errorContext);"
           } else {
-            s"$evNull = true;"
-          }
-          code"""
-          final String $doubleStr = $c.toString();
-          try {
-            $evPrim = Double.valueOf($doubleStr);
-          } catch (java.lang.NumberFormatException e) {
-            final Double d = (Double) Cast.processFloatingPointSpecialLiterals($doubleStr, false);
-            if (d == null) {
-              $handleNull
-            } else {
-              $evPrim = d.doubleValue();
+            val doubleStr = ctx.freshVariable("doubleStr", StringType)
+            code"""
+            final String $doubleStr = $c.toString();
+            try {
+              $evPrim = Double.valueOf($doubleStr);
+            } catch (java.lang.NumberFormatException e) {
+              final Double d = (Double) Cast.processFloatingPointSpecialLiterals($doubleStr, false);
+              if (d == null) {
+                $evNull = true;
+              } else {
+                $evPrim = d.doubleValue();
+              }
             }
+          """
           }
-        """
       case BooleanType =>
         (c, evPrim, evNull) => code"$evPrim = $c ? 1.0d : 0.0d;"
       case DateType =>