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creating nested blocks and trials

ssalzgeberssalzgeber
in Expyriment

Hello everyone,

I've been staring at this code for too long and don't seem to find the problem to the error messge: 'Block' object has no attribute 'trials'

The problem must lie in the design - when I build the hierarchy - but I double checked if I add all the trials to the block and the blocks to the experiment - and I checked whether I reach every level of the nested loops, and they do.

(I copy and paste the code, b/c there it doesn't allow me to upload an image eventhough it has a .jpg / .png extension? - SORRY)



# create experiment object

exp = design.Experiment(name='Inversion Effect')

control.initialize(exp)


# Define experiment hierarchy

# each category_block (faces_chairs, bodies_chairs) consits of 256 trials = total of 512 trials

for category_block_order in ['faces_chairs', 'bodies_chairs']:

  # each category_block is split up into 8 small experiments consiting of 32 trials each

  # --> each small experiment is represented by a block object (16 blocks in total - 8 faces_chairs + 8 bodies_chairs)

  for small_exp in range(8):

    block = design.Block()

    block.set_factor("category_order", category_block_order)


    #prepare variables needed based on between_subject variable

    if category_block_order == 'faces_chairs':

      categories = ['faces', 'chairs']

    else:

      categories = ['bodies', 'chairs']

    #prepare main path to get the stimuli

    path = Path.cwd() / category_block_order


    #each small experiment consists of 4x 8 unique conditions = 32 trials in total

    #Condition Design - 2x2x2 design: CATEGORY x ORIENTATION x DIRECTION --> 8 unique conditions

    for category in categories:

      for orientation in ['upright', 'inverted']:

        for direction in ['facing', 'non_facing']:

          trial = design.Trial()

          #get random path to one image within the stimulus_type

          stim_paths = path / category / orientation / direction

          if category == 'faces':

            stimulus = random.choice(list(stim_paths.rglob("*.tif")))

          else:

            stimulus = random.choice(list(stim_paths.rglob("*.jpg")))

          #get path to one mask

          mask_paths = path / 'masks'

          mask = random.choice(list(mask_paths.rglob("*.jpg")))

          #add stimulus and mask to trial

          trial.set_factor('target_stimulus', str(stimulus))

          trial.set_factor('orientation', orientation)

          trial.set_factor('direction', direction)

          trial.set_factor('mask', str(mask))

          #add the trial to the small experiment block

          block.add_trial(trial, copies=4)

    #shuffle the small experiment block and add the small experiment as a block to the experiment

    block.shuffle_trials()

    exp.add_block(block)



Any Ideas why this code doesn't properly create/initializes the block and trial objects?

Error message when calling trials/blocks:

for block in exp.blocks:

for trial in block.trials:

Comments

  • fladdfladd
    edited September 2019

    Unfortunately, the example you posted has several other mistakes (unrelated to the one you are describing), which prevents the script from running and getting to the error message you descibe.


    I attempted to bypass these other mistakes, in order to get at least a running script:

    import os

from expyriment import design, control


control.set_develop_mode()

# create experiment object
exp = design.Experiment(name='Inversion Effect')
control.initialize(exp)

# Define experiment hierarchy

# each category_block (faces_chairs, bodies_chairs) consits of 256 trials = total of 512 trials

for category_block_order in ['faces_chairs', 'bodies_chairs']:

 # each category_block is split up into 8 small experiments consiting of 32 trials each

 # --> each small experiment is represented by a block object (16 blocks in total - 8 faces_chairs + 8 bodies_chairs)

 for small_exp in range(8):
   block = design.Block()
   block.set_factor("category_order", category_block_order)

   #prepare variables needed based on between_subject variable
   if category_block_order == 'faces_chairs':
     categories = ['faces', 'chairs']
   else:
     categories = ['bodies', 'chairs']

   #prepare main path to get the stimuli
   path = os.path.join(os.path.curdir, category_block_order)

   #each small experiment consists of 4x 8 unique conditions = 32 trials in total
   #Condition Design - 2x2x2 design: CATEGORY x ORIENTATION x DIRECTION --> 8 unique conditions

   for category in categories:
     for orientation in ['upright', 'inverted']:
       for direction in ['facing', 'non_facing']:
         trial = design.Trial()
         #get random path to one image within the stimulus_type
         stim_paths = os.path.join(path, category, orientation, direction)
         if category == 'faces':
           stimulus = "test.jpg" #random.choice(list(stim_paths.rglob("*.tif")))
         else:
           stimulus = "test.jpg" #random.choice(list(stim_paths.rglob("*.jpg")))
         #get path to one mask
         mask_paths = os.path.join(path, 'masks')
         mask = "test.jpg" #random.choice(list(mask_paths.rglob("*.jpg")))
         #add stimulus and mask to trial
         trial.set_factor('target_stimulus', str(stimulus))
         trial.set_factor('orientation', orientation)
         trial.set_factor('direction', direction)
         trial.set_factor('mask', str(mask))
         #add the trial to the small experiment block
         block.add_trial(trial, copies=4)
   #shuffle the small experiment block and add the small experiment as a block to the experiment
   block.shuffle_trials()
   exp.add_block(block)

for block in exp.blocks:
   for trial in block.trials:
       print(trial)


    This script does not result in the mistake you are referring to. If you could provide me with a fully working example (i.e. something that directly results in the error message you see, without all the other mistakes that prevent it from running), then I can have another look if you want.


    Best,

    Florian

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  • ssalzgeberssalzgeber

    Hi Florian,

    thanks for the quick answer - could you maybe specify what the "several other mistakes" are?

    As to the changes you made, I want to use the pathlib libary since I will be runnig the experiment from a different hardware than the one I am writing it on at the moment, and pathlib is my preferred use anyway. I don't see any other changes in terms of structure, you just replaced all pathlib version with the os libary.. but in the end I am also passing a string to the trial.set_factor() argument.

    Best, Sarah

  • fladdfladd

    The script does not run, because it misses import statements (and it was not clear what packages need to be imported, such as pathlib), and that it uses stimuli that I don't have.

    So fixing these (now with using pathlib, not that it makes a difference):

    from pathlib import Path
import random

from expyriment import design, control

control.set_develop_mode()

# create experiment object
exp = design.Experiment(name='Inversion Effect')
control.initialize(exp)


# Define experiment hierarchy
# each category_block (faces_chairs, bodies_chairs) consits of 256 trials = total of 512 trials
for category_block_order in ['faces_chairs', 'bodies_chairs']:
  # each category_block is split up into 8 small experiments consiting of 32 trials each
  # --> each small experiment is represented by a block object (16 blocks in total - 8 faces_chairs + 8 bodies_chairs)
  for small_exp in range(8):
    block = design.Block()
    block.set_factor("category_order", category_block_order)
    #prepare variables needed based on between_subject variable
    if category_block_order == 'faces_chairs':
      categories = ['faces', 'chairs']
    else:
      categories = ['bodies', 'chairs']
    #prepare main path to get the stimuli
    path = Path.cwd() / category_block_order
    #each small experiment consists of 4x 8 unique conditions = 32 trials in total
    #Condition Design - 2x2x2 design: CATEGORY x ORIENTATION x DIRECTION --> 8 unique conditions
    for category in categories:
      for orientation in ['upright', 'inverted']:
        for direction in ['facing', 'non_facing']:
          trial = design.Trial()
          #get random path to one image within the stimulus_type
          stim_paths = path / category / orientation / direction
          if category == 'faces':
            #stimulus = random.choice(list(stim_paths.rglob("*.tif")))
            stimulus = "test_face_stim.png"
          else:
            #stimulus = random.choice(list(stim_paths.rglob("*.jpg")))
            stimulus = "test_other_stim.png"
          #get path to one mask
          mask_paths = path / 'masks'
          #mask = random.choice(list(mask_paths.rglob("*.jpg")))
          mask = "test_mask.png"
          #add stimulus and mask to trial
          trial.set_factor('target_stimulus', str(stimulus))
          trial.set_factor('orientation', orientation)
          trial.set_factor('direction', direction)
          trial.set_factor('mask', str(mask))
          #add the trial to the small experiment block
          block.add_trial(trial, copies=4)
    #shuffle the small experiment block and add the small experiment as a block to the experiment
    block.shuffle_trials()
    exp.add_block(block)


for block in exp.blocks:
    for trial in block.trials:
        print(trial)

    Again, this works just fine, and the trials are printed as you would expect. In other words, with the code you gave me, I cannot reproduce the error you are getting. Hence my suspicion that there is something happening in the parts of your script that I don't see (since you posted an incomplete script). If you don't want to send the entire code, could you create a minimal example in which you get this error?


    Thanks,

    Florian

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  • ssalzgeberssalzgeber

    Hi,

    sorry for not including everything, since I cannot upload a image of the code I didn't want to paste the whole experiment. But since the bug is still not fixed, and the mistake, as you convinced me must be in another part i will just upload the experiment as a .txt file

    - There are a lot of stimuli, and I don't think I am allowed to share them but some details:

    #stimulus = random.choice(list(stim_paths.rglob("*.tif")))

    so there is a directory called 'faces' which contains images of faces, which are in a .tif format, and there are 30 different faces so I want to randomly choose one each time. 

    #stimulus = random.choice(list(stim_paths.rglob("*.jpg")))

    other two directory are called 'bodies' and 'chairs' and they contain 30 different images each which are in .jpg format, which I again want to choose randomly each time.

    same goes for the masks - there is a 'mask' directory with 240 different masks and I randomly want to choose one each time.


    Thank you for your quick help - Best,

    Sarah

  • ssalzgeberssalzgeber

    Maybe this helps:

    I put a print(exp.block) into the design part - this is the output of one block - all 16 blocks are created but no trials are added... any thoughts?

    Block None: faces_chairs block: 0

  block factors: category_order = faces_chairs

  n trials: 0

  trial IDs = []

  trial factors:


  • fladdfladd

    If I fix the typo in line 101 from

    for trial in block.trails:

    to

    for trial in block.trials:


    and then also replace in line 135

    if (button == d) and (dir == 'facing'):

    with

    if (button == misc.constants.K_d) and (dir == 'facing'):


    and in line 140

    if (button == k) and (dir == 'facing'):

    with

    if (button == misc.constants.K_k) and (dir == 'facing'):


    all seems to run fine?

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  • fladdfladd

    Printing the variable block after line 88:


    Block 0: unnamed
   block factors: category_order = faces_chairs
   n trials: 32
   trial IDs = [1, 25, 7, 23, 17, 21, 0, 26, 2, 12, 11, 20, 24, 31, 29, 8, 28, 19, 22, 13, 5, 3, 6, 27, 15, 18, 16, 14, 30, 10, 9, 4]
   trial factors: target_stimulus = [C:\Users\flokra\Downloads\sarah_forum\faces_chairs\chairs\inverted\facing\Stim1.tiff, C:\Users\flokra\D
ownloads\sarah_forum\faces_chairs\chairs\inverted\non_facing\Stim1.tiff, C:\Users\flokra\Downloads\sarah_forum\faces_chairs\chairs\upright\fa
cing\Stim1.tiff, C:\Users\flokra\Downloads\sarah_forum\faces_chairs\chairs\upright\non_facing\Stim1.tiff, C:\Users\flokra\Downloads\sarah_for
um\faces_chairs\faces\inverted\facing\Stim1.tiff, C:\Users\flokra\Downloads\sarah_forum\faces_chairs\faces\inverted\non_facing\Stim1.tiff, C:
\Users\flokra\Downloads\sarah_forum\faces_chairs\faces\upright\facing\Stim1.tiff, C:\Users\flokra\Downloads\sarah_forum\faces_chairs\faces\up
right\non_facing\Stim1.tiff]
                  orientation = [inverted, upright]
                  direction = [facing, non_facing]
                  mask = [C:\Users\flokra\Downloads\sarah_forum\faces_chairs\masks\Mask1.tiff, C:\Users\flokra\Downloads\sarah_forum\faces_c
hairs\masks\Mask2.tiff]


    Seems correct to me.

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  • ssalzgeberssalzgeber

    ok wow, it really was just a typo, sorry and thank you for your help!

  • fladdfladd

    Your welcome.

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