🔒 TypeError that makes no sense

[simple dust]

hi! getting this typeError

'<' not supported between instances of 'list' and 'int'
  File "C:\Users\Logan\Desktop\M5Lab2\M5Lab2dice_hist.py", line 79, in <module>
    hist.render_to_file("dice_barchart.svg")
TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'list' and 'int'

from this line:

ist.render_to_file("dice_barchart.svg")

really not sure what's up here, it shouldn't be comparing anything.

[serene gyro]

@simple dust

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[ebon kettle]

Is render_to_file your code?

[simple dust]

No, it was given to me as part of the assignment I am working on.

[ebon kettle]

What's its definition?

[simple dust]

I believe it is part of PyGal

[analog niche]

are all your files saved properly? sometimes you get mismatch between the error and the actually shown line, if some of the files haven't been saved properly.

or some __pycache__ issues. try deleting that folder if it exists

[simple dust]

Hehe, that’s embarrassing… I made an oopsie and was accidentally giving that line the list frequencies instead of the variable frequency…

Unfortunately the IDE doesn’t tell you if you make a typo if both names exist.

[ebon kettle]

A good IDE will if you use static typing (or simple cases where types can be inferred easily)

Or, I guess this is a clearer version of the error:

[serene gyro]

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