From 7afb042ba137788c94425206e278a492c93f0d77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Stajich <jasonstajich.phd@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:33:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix for bug #101 where qCount is None not 0

---
 amptk/amptklib.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/amptk/amptklib.py b/amptk/amptklib.py
index 772c074..6dac47e 100644
--- a/amptk/amptklib.py
+++ b/amptk/amptklib.py
@@ -1446,6 +1446,8 @@ def validateorientation(tmp, reads, otus, output):
             cols = line.split('\t')
             if cols[2] == '-':
                 qCount = OTUCounts.get(cols[0])
+                if qCount is None:
+                    qCount = 0
                 tCount = OTUCounts.get(cols[1])
                 if qCount > tCount:
                     if not cols[1] in orient_remove and not cols[1] in keeper: