From 8a243c95fba209760ebccbd7dfe81b2f93253a5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gianna Jordan <61707471+GiaJordan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 14:55:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add cases for str and numerical entries

---
 schematic/utils/validate_utils.py | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/schematic/utils/validate_utils.py b/schematic/utils/validate_utils.py
index 3e694bce8..365991334 100644
--- a/schematic/utils/validate_utils.py
+++ b/schematic/utils/validate_utils.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from schematic import LOADER
 from typing import List
 import numpy as np
+from numbers import Number
 
 def validate_schema(schema):
     """Validate schema against schema.org standard"""
@@ -76,10 +77,18 @@ def np_array_to_str_list(np_array):
 
 def iterable_to_str_list(iterable):
     "Parse an iterable into a list of strings"
-    strlist = []
 
-    for element in iterable:
-        strlist.append(str(element))
+    # If object is a string, just return wrapped as a list
+    if isinstance(iterable, str):
+        return [iterable]
+    # If object is numberical, convert to string and wrap as a list
+    elif isinstance(iterable, Number):
+        return [str(iterable)]
+    # If the object is iterable and not a string, convert every element to string and wratp as a list
+    else:
+        strlist = []
+        for element in iterable:
+            strlist.append(str(element))
 
     return strlist
     
\ No newline at end of file

From 8f2885cf4305dda0f57a976f6f243b1ca8afd48a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gianna Jordan <61707471+GiaJordan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2023 09:55:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update docstring

---
 schematic/utils/validate_utils.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/schematic/utils/validate_utils.py b/schematic/utils/validate_utils.py
index 365991334..78c8277eb 100644
--- a/schematic/utils/validate_utils.py
+++ b/schematic/utils/validate_utils.py
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ def np_array_to_str_list(np_array):
     return np.char.mod('%d', np_array).tolist()
 
 def iterable_to_str_list(iterable):
-    "Parse an iterable into a list of strings"
+    """
+    Parse an object into a list of strings
+    Accepts str, Number, and iterable inputs
+    """
 
     # If object is a string, just return wrapped as a list
     if isinstance(iterable, str):