From 86cd40946415bc72e17de770379d4b35656584ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: moomoofarm1 <46774289+moomoofarm1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 16:55:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update predict_ratings.py

Replace the str() with .to_raw_uids() and .to_raw_iids().
---
 examples/predict_ratings.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/predict_ratings.py b/examples/predict_ratings.py
index 8e6aabac..e29d27d3 100644
--- a/examples/predict_ratings.py
+++ b/examples/predict_ratings.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 algo.fit(trainset)
 
 # we can now query for specific predicions
-uid = str(196)  # raw user id (as in the ratings file). They are **strings**!
-iid = str(302)  # raw item id (as in the ratings file). They are **strings**!
+uid = trainset.to_raw_uid(196)  # raw user id (as in the ratings file). They are **strings**! Do not use str() causing issues of having the same estimation for different ids.
+iid = trainset.to_raw_iid(302)  # raw item id (as in the ratings file). They are **strings**!
 
 # get a prediction for specific users and items.
 pred = algo.predict(uid, iid, r_ui=4, verbose=True)