in case of datatytpe is none, then go to string compare

treeprofiler/layouts/staple_layouts.py

@@ -337,12 +337,8 @@ def set_node_style(self, node):
                 node.add_face(identF, column = self.column,  position = 'aligned', collapsed_only=True)
 
         elif node.props.get(self.internal_prop):
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-            heatmap_num = float(node.props.get(self.internal_prop))
-=======
             heatmap_num = node.props.get(self.internal_prop)
             heatmap_num = float(heatmap_num)
->>>>>>> 3f3536686337b50ea7847ec6c92a47b48e04ba2f
             # heatmap
             tooltip = ""
             if node.name:

treeprofiler/src/utils.py

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def counter_call(node, internal_prop, leaf_prop, datatype, operator_string, righ
 
 def call(node, prop, datatype, operator_string, right_value):
     num_operators = [ '<', '<=', '>', '>=' ] 
-    if datatype == str:
+    if datatype == str or datatype is None:
         if operator_string in num_operators:
             return False
         elif operator_string == 'contains':
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ def call(node, prop, datatype, operator_string, right_value):
                 return left_value in right_value 
         else:
             left_value = node.props.get(prop)
-
             if left_value:
                 return operator_dict[operator_string](left_value, right_value)