phys2cvr.utils.if_declared_force_type¶

phys2cvr.utils.if_declared_force_type(var, dtype, varname='an input variable', silent=False)[source]¶

Make sure var is of type dtype.

Parameters:

varstr, int, or float: Variable to change type of
dtypestr: Type to change var to
varnamestr, optional: The name of the variable
silentbool, optional: If True, don’t return any message

Returns:

int, float, str, list, or var: The given var in the given dtype, or var if ‘’ or None

Raises:

NotImplementedError: If dtype is not ‘int’, ‘float’, ‘str’, or ‘list’