Python error on previously working opensesame experiment when using Anaconda environment

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• cvanbuck

  July 14 edited July 14

  Hi @gel1428

  My first guess is that this issue is happening because even though you're assigning a list to var.list_locations, OpenSesame stores it as a string representation of that list. A couple suggestions to fix it:

  1) You could convert the string back into a list using ast.literal_eval, like this:

  import ast
  var.possible_grid_locations = ast.literal_eval(var.list_locations).copy()
  

  2) Or, you could just work with regular Python variables:

  list_locations = ["upper_left", "upper_right", "lower_left", "lower_right"]
  var.possible_grid_locations = list_locations.copy() # you can also assign it to var.list_location if needed
  

  Either way should work, depending on how you’re planning to use the variables.

  Hope this helps!

  Claire

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• gel1428

  July 14

  Hi Claire,

  Thank you very much for that!

  Using both methods does fix the error. However, if I use solution one then the variables are not listed in the variable inspector and are not logged. What might be the reason for this?

  import ast
  var.possible_grid_locations = ast.literal_eval(var.list_locations).copy()
  

  Thanks!
• cvanbuck

  July 17

  Hi @gel1428

  Glad it's working now!

  When using solution one, make sure that you have a line right before it that defines var.list_locations. If you have already done that, check that your logger item is placed after your inline script and that you have either selected 'Log all variables' or entered your variable names manually.

  If you're still having issues, you could send me your experiment file so I can take a look.

  Cheers,

  Claire

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• gel1428

  July 21

  Hi Claire,

  I managed to get the variables logged in the end but specifically mentioning them in the logger.

  Thanks for all the help!!