Update app.py

app.py

@@ -61,14 +61,17 @@ def find_exact_match(df1, df2, column_name):
     matches = pd.merge(df1, df2, on=column_name, how='inner')
     return matches
 
-
 def find_similar_texts(df1, df2, column_name, threshold=0.3):
     # Find rows with similar texts in the specified column, including exact matches
     similar_texts = []
     exact_matches = []
 
+    # Convert numeric values to strings
+    df1[column_name] = df1[column_name].astype(str)
+    df2[column_name] = df2[column_name].astype(str)
+    
     # Concatenate texts from both dataframes
-    all_texts = df1[column_name].astype(str).tolist() + df2[column_name].astype(str).tolist()
+    all_texts = df1[column_name].tolist() + df2[column_name].tolist()
     
     # Compute TF-IDF vectors
     vectorizer = TfidfVectorizer()
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ def find_similar_texts(df1, df2, column_name, threshold=0.3):
     return similar_texts, exact_matches
 
 
+
 def main():
     st.title("Item Comparison App")