Source code for evalml.problem_types.utils

from .problem_types import ProblemTypes


[docs]def handle_problem_types(problem_type): """Handles problem_type by either returning the ProblemTypes or converting from a str Args: problem_types (str or ProblemTypes) : problem type that needs to be handled Returns: ProblemTypes """ if isinstance(problem_type, str): try: tpe = ProblemTypes[problem_type.upper()] except KeyError: raise KeyError('Problem type \'{}\' does not exist'.format(problem_type)) return tpe if isinstance(problem_type, ProblemTypes): return problem_type raise ValueError('`handle_problem_types` was not passed a str or ProblemTypes object')