# HG changeset patch
# User greg
# Date 1568983353 14400
# Node ID 7f95329251f02d7be35e4f4661a3b9e6cf7d2ede
# Parent  72e79ed7ca41b6884718ba893c9c1d519c6ad54f
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diff -r 72e79ed7ca41 -r 7f95329251f0 validate_affy_metadata.py
--- a/validate_affy_metadata.py	Tue Sep 17 12:45:57 2019 -0400
+++ b/validate_affy_metadata.py	Fri Sep 20 08:42:33 2019 -0400
@@ -63,14 +63,6 @@
     return accumulated_msgs
 
 
-def validate_integer(line_no, integer_string, column, accumulated_msgs):
-    try:
-        integer_string.isdigit()
-        return accumulated_msgs
-    except Exception:
-        return add_error_msg(accumulated_msgs, "Line %d contains an incorrect integer value (%s) for column %s." % (line_no, integer_string, column))
-
-
 accumulated_msgs = ""
 # Parse the input file, skipping the header, and validating
 # that each data line consists of 31 comma-separated items.
@@ -116,9 +108,9 @@
         # Optional.
         colony_location = items[9]
         depth = items[10]
-        # If depth has a value, then it must be integer.
+        # If depth has a value, then it must be a decimal.
         if len(depth) > 0:
-            accumulated_msgs = validate_integer(line_no, depth, "depth", accumulated_msgs)
+            accumulated_msgs = validate_decimal(line_no, depth, "depth", accumulated_msgs)
         # Optional.
         disease_resist = items[11]
         # Optional.