Fix for empty integer values from Entrez.esummary, reported by Austin…

… Davis-Richardson
biopython · Oct 7, 2009 · 4dca8a2 · 4dca8a2
1 parent 447a2c5
commit 4dca8a2
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/Bio/Entrez/Parser.py b/Bio/Entrez/Parser.py
@@ -188,7 +188,10 @@ def endElement(self, name):
             if self.object.itemtype in ("List", "Structure"):
                 return
             elif self.object.itemtype=="Integer":
-                value = IntegerElement(value)
+                if value:
+                    value = IntegerElement(value)
+                else:
+                    value = -1
             else:
                 # Convert Unicode strings to plain strings if possible
                 try: