Feature/issue 198 resolve linting error

[danielfromearth]

GitHub Issue: #198

Description

This change resolves the ruff linting error, UP031.

Local test steps

Ran ruff locally, and it passed.

PR Acceptance Checklist

• [n/a] Unit tests added/updated and passing.
• [n/a] Integration testing
• CHANGELOG.md updated
• [n/a] Documentation updated (if needed).

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📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://ncompare--199.org.readthedocs.build/en/199/

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 89.95%. Comparing base (3efabc5) to head (01fc7bc).
Report is 5 commits behind head on develop.

Additional details and impacted files

@@           Coverage Diff            @@
##           develop     #199   +/-   ##
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  Coverage    89.95%   89.95%           
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  Files            5        5           
  Lines          468      468           
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  Hits           421      421           
  Misses          47       47           

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