linaropy/series.py: Validate that 'rcN' is an integer when creating series from a tag or branchname

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/linaropy/series.py b/linaropy/series.py
index 16e70a5..93452d9 100644
--- a/linaropy/series.py
+++ b/linaropy/series.py
@@ -457,9 +457,10 @@ def series_from_branchname(branch=None):
     else:
 	# strip the "rc" and just leave the int.
         if dictionary["rc"].startswith("rc"):
-	    dictionary["rc"]=dictionary["rc"][2:]
-	    if not dictionary["rc"].isnumeric():
-	        raise TypeError("The rc value must be numeric.")
+            try:
+	        dictionary["rc"]=int(dictionary["rc"][2:])
+            except ValueError:
+	        raise TypeError("The rc value must be an integer.")
 
     # We need to have None fields in the missing keys for when we call the
     # Series constructor.