"List index out of range" error, please help

[Hoyoka]

I am having a problem with my VN. I am getting an error I have never seen before and I tried almost everything to fix it. Maybe it is just a small mistake I did not notice, because I am just a beginner and I am making my first visual novel, so any help would be appreciated.

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
File "game/script.rpy", line 9944, in script
$ karta5 = renpy.random.choice(karty)
File "game/script.rpy", line 9944, in <module>
$ karta5 = renpy.random.choice(karty)
IndexError: list index out of range

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
File "game/script.rpy", line 9944, in script
$ karta5 = renpy.random.choice(karty)
File "C:\Users\AdamVeronika\Downloads\Veronika\renpy-6.99.7-sdk.7z\renpy-6.99.7-sdk\renpy\ast.py", line 805, in execute
renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
File "C:\Users\AdamVeronika\Downloads\Veronika\renpy-6.99.7-sdk.7z\renpy-6.99.7-sdk\renpy\python.py", line 1461, in py_exec_bytecode
exec bytecode in globals, locals
File "game/script.rpy", line 9944, in <module>
$ karta5 = renpy.random.choice(karty)
File "/home/tom/ab/x64lucid-deps/install/lib/python2.7/random.py", line 275, in choice
IndexError: list index out of range


This is line 9944:

$ karta5 = renpy.random.choice(karty)

The block looks like this:
if cards == 4:
$ karta5 = renpy.random.choice(karty)
$ karty.remove(karta5)
show expression karta5 at truecenter with moveinleft
pause 1.0
hide expression karta5

And this is the list named "karty":
$ karty = ["k1", "k2", "k3", "k4", "k5", "k6", "k7", "k8", "k9",
"k10", "k11", "k12", "k13", "k14", "k15", "k16", "k17",
"k18", "k19", "k20", "k21", "k22", "k23", "k24", "k25",
"k26", "k27", "k28", "k29", "k30", "k31", "k32", "k33",
"k34", "k35", "k36", "k37", "k38", "k39", "k40", "k41",
"k42", "k43", "k44", "k45", "k46", "k47", "k48", "k49",
"k50", "k51", "k52"]

[Steamgirl]

This usually happens if you use an index that is either too high or too low for the list, which starts with 0 and ends with length - 1. But you probably already knew that.

I'm not entirely sure why it thinks it's out of range. Are you defining karty after you run this function? Does it still happen if you do:

$ karta5 = renpy.random.choice(["k1", "k2", "k3", "k4", "k5", "k6", "k7", "k8", "k9","k10", "k11", "k12", "k13", "k14", "k15", "k16", "k17","k18", "k19", "k20", "k21", "k22", "k23", "k24", "k25","k26", "k27", "k28", "k29", "k30", "k31", "k32", "k33","k34", "k35", "k36", "k37", "k38", "k39", "k40", "k41","k42", "k43", "k44", "k45", "k46", "k47", "k48", "k49","k50", "k51", "k52"])

?

Also, is renpy/python able to deal with multi-line lists?

[gas]

Out of index 'cause you're telling to python to remove karta5 value from the list karty.
If the value is "k11", it turn ASCII into decimal and so go search the 118th element (i think, chances is even higher. K=107 in ASCII).

Use a random number to define the index, and use/remove that item thank to the number.

[philat]

It's not because remove doesn't work with values (as opposed to indices). Likelier that the list isn't properly defined before the process.

[Hoyoka]

Thank you for your replies.
I tried to fix it and I already tried to put the list into one line , but it did not work.
I do not know what else should I try, but it is just a card game I tried to put to my visual novel and it is not necessary for the story, so I guess i should give up on it. Card games are just too difficult for me.
But, I am still very grateful for your answers.

[xela]

I do not know what else should I try

What have you tried thus far?

If you care about keeping the list ordered:

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$ karta = karty.pop(renpy.random.randrange(len(karty)))

if you don't care about that:

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$ renpy.random.shuffle(karty) # You can do this just once to randomize all items in list.
$ karta = karty.pop()

[Steamgirl]

I used this code and it worked fine for me.

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    $ karty = ["k1", "k2", "k3"]
    $ karta5 = renpy.random.choice(karty)
    $ karty.remove(karta5)

    "[karty]"

The result is ["k1","k3"] or any random combination of 2, depending on which one was removed.

So I don't actually think its converting it to ascii or anything. In fact, having had a look at the official documentation for the two functions they are being used 100% correctly.

Furthermore, this code also works for me!

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    $ karty = ["k1", "k2", 
    "k3", "k4"]
    $ karta5 = renpy.random.choice(karty)
    $ karty.remove(karta5)
    
    "[karty]"

So it's not a multiline issue.

However, if I do this I get the index out of range issue.

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    $ karty = []
    $ karta5 = renpy.random.choice(karty)
    $ karty.remove(karta5)
    
    "[karty]"

Is it possible that once all the cards are removed it's still trying to remove another one?

I would make this modification to the code and see if that makes the error go away?:

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    if len(karty) > 0:
        $ karta5 = renpy.random.choice(karty)
        $ karty.remove(karta5)
    else:
        "There are no cards left in the list."

[Hoyoka]

Thank you for your advice.
I already made sure that when the list is already empty, it will jump to next turn.
I tried to change the code a bit and it is more simple now, but it does not work.
I changed it to something like this:
$ kar = renpy.random.choice(karty)
$ akarty.append(kar)
$ karty.remove(kar)

But I still get the same error "list index out of range" , it looks like there is some problem with the list named "karty".

[Steamgirl]

Hmm, when I use the code you pasted originally, it works fine for me. So the real problem is probably elsewhere. If you feel up for it, send me a PM with a download link to your project and I'll see if I can't debug it for you. I promise I won't steal/distribute anything.

[WickedCadrach]

Hi! I'm bumping this because I have the same issue going on with my script. It seems to only fall apart when I do the task a second time though. Anyone who sees this, thanks for any assistance.