anndict.utils.enforce_semantic_list

anndict.utils.enforce_semantic_list(lst)

This function runs a number of checks to make sure that the input is a semantic list, and not i.e. integers cast as strings.

Parameters:

lst list[str]

List of strings to be checked.

Return type:

bool

Returns:

True if the list passes all checks.

Raises:

ValueError – If the input list contains any of: NaN, numeric, or numeric cast as string.

Examples

enforce_semantic_list(['gene1', 'gene2', 'gene3'])

Notes

This function is useful for ensuring that the input list contains semantic labels (i.e. gene symbols or cell types) and not integer labels for LLM interpretation. It checks if all items are strings and if any item can be converted to float.