[Fix] Return an empty array rather than throwing an exception if no QRS dat…

neurokit2/ecg/ecg_findpeaks.py

@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ def _ecg_findpeaks_neurokit(
     qrs = smoothgrad > gradthreshold
     beg_qrs = np.where(np.logical_and(np.logical_not(qrs[0:-1]), qrs[1:]))[0]
     end_qrs = np.where(np.logical_and(qrs[0:-1], np.logical_not(qrs[1:])))[0]
+
+    if len(beg_qrs) == 0:
+        return np.array([])
+
     # Throw out QRS-ends that precede first QRS-start.
     end_qrs = end_qrs[end_qrs > beg_qrs[0]]
 
@@ -500,6 +504,14 @@ def _ecg_findpeaks_zong(signal, sampling_rate=1000, cutoff=16, window=0.13, **kw
     ret = np.pad(clt, (window_size - 1, 0), "constant", constant_values=(0, 0))
     ret = np.convolve(ret, np.ones(window_size), "valid")
 
+    # Check that ret is at least as large as the window
+    if len(ret) < window_size:
+        warn(
+            f"The signal must be at least {window_size} samples long for peak detection with the Zong method. ",
+            category=NeuroKitWarning,
+        )
+        return np.array([])
+
     for i in range(1, window_size):
         ret[i - 1] = ret[i - 1] / i
     ret[window_size - 1 :] = ret[window_size - 1 :] / window_size
@@ -635,7 +647,8 @@ def _ecg_findpeaks_christov(signal, sampling_rate=1000, **kwargs):
                 if len(RR) > 5:
                     RR.pop(0)
                 Rm = int(np.mean(RR))
-
+    if len(QRS) == 0:
+        return np.array([])
     QRS.pop(0)
     QRS = np.array(QRS, dtype="int")
     return QRS
@@ -916,6 +929,9 @@ def _ecg_findpeaks_engzee(signal, sampling_rate=1000, **kwargs):
             thi = False
             thf = False
 
+    if len(r_peaks) == 0:
+        return np.array([])
+
     r_peaks.pop(
         0
     )  # removing the 1st detection as it 1st needs the QRS complex amplitude for the threshold
@@ -956,6 +972,12 @@ def running_mean(x, N):
 
     # Eq. 1: First-order differencing difference
     dn = np.append(filtered[1:], 0) - filtered
+
+    # If the signal is flat then return an empty array rather than error out
+    # with a divide by zero error.
+    if np.max(abs(dn)) == 0:
+        return np.array([])
+
     # Eq. 2
     dtn = dn / (np.max(abs(dn)))
 

tests/tests_ecg_findpeaks.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
+import pytest
 
 # Trick to directly access internal functions for unit testing.
 #
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
     _ecg_findpeaks_MWA,
     _ecg_findpeaks_peakdetect,
     _ecg_findpeaks_hamilton,
+    _ecg_findpeaks_findmethod,
 )
 
 
@@ -23,6 +25,17 @@ def _read_csv_column(csv_name, column):
     csv_data = pd.read_csv(csv_path, header=None)
     return csv_data[column].to_numpy()
 
+#vgraph is not included because it currently causes CI to fail (issue 1007)    
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("method",["neurokit", "pantompkins", "nabian", "gamboa", 
+               "slopesumfunction", "wqrs", "hamilton", "christov",
+               "engzee", "manikandan", "elgendi", "kalidas", 
+               "martinez", "rodrigues",])
+def test_ecg_findpeaks_all_methods_handle_empty_input(method):
+    method_func = _ecg_findpeaks_findmethod(method)
+    # The test here is implicit: no exceptions means that it passed,
+    # even if the output is nonsense.
+    _ = method_func(np.zeros(12*240), sampling_rate=240)
+
 
 def test_ecg_findpeaks_MWA():
     np.testing.assert_array_equal(