From 55566f5c3adad9e726d323bf3c7b47a158fc66fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Duecker <ryan.duecker@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 12:34:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] better errors for safe convert

---
 src/cheetahpy/local_opendata.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/cheetahpy/local_opendata.py b/src/cheetahpy/local_opendata.py
index 8e56bde..f3a6381 100644
--- a/src/cheetahpy/local_opendata.py
+++ b/src/cheetahpy/local_opendata.py
@@ -95,7 +95,12 @@ def _safe_convert(original_series:pd.Series, type_convert:type) -> pd.Series:
             new_series = original_series.astype(type_convert)
             return new_series
         except Exception as err:
-            print(f'{err}: cannot convert {type(original_series)} to type {type_convert}')
+            a_value = original_series.dropna().tolist()
+            if len(a_value) > 0:
+                a_value_type = type(a_value[0])
+            else:
+                a_value_type = "UNKNOWN"
+            print(f'{err}: cannot convert {original_series.name} (of type: {a_value_type}) to type {type_convert}')
             return original_series
 
     @staticmethod