Metadata with all numerical SampleIDs not accepted, issue #50

biocore · Nov 6, 2023 · c09d96f · c09d96f
1 parent c70bbff
commit c09d96f
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/qadabra/utils.py b/qadabra/utils.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def _validate_input(
     confounders: List[str] = None,
 ):
     logger.info("Loading metadata...")
-    md = pd.read_table(metadata, sep="\t", index_col=0)
+    md = pd.read_table(metadata, sep="\t", index_col=0, dtype={0:'str'})
 
     if factor_name not in md.columns:
         raise ValueError(f"{factor_name} not found in metadata!")
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ def _validate_input(
             raise ValueError("Tree tips are not a subset of table features!")
     else:
         logger.info("Reading phylogenetic tree...")
-        logger.info("(Optional tree file not provided. Skipping tree validation.)")
+        logger.info("(Optional tree file not provided. Skipping tree validation.)")