I don't understand what shape the array in my functions argument is

Question

I am trying to run conway's game of life using the function

animate_life(100, 'beacon',[0], 30, 300)

But it keeps popping up errors , in its current form it says :

x_start, y_start = seed_position[0], seed_position[1]

IndexError: list index out of range.

Originally I had used an index that looked like [0,1] but this also reported an error, namely :

IndexError: too many indices for array

I'm given to believe that giving it 2 values would report an issue because you're expecting data to be a 2D array. Numpy is complaining because the data is not 2D (it's either 1D or None)?

My question is: what is the size of the data ?

I.e What size argument is expected in my animate_life function which is generally defined as:

animate_life(universe_size, seed, seed_position, n_generations=30, interval=300, save=False)

Edi: this is referring to the code found at https://github.com/robertmartin8/PyGameofLife/blob/master/game_of_life.py

How do you expect people to help you by mentioning a function without actually posting it? It's as if you've asked why `bob("abc")` raises a `ValueError`? — zwer, Apr 24 '18 at 13:04
Where did you get `animate_life`? Is it from here: https://github.com/robertmartin8/PyGameofLife ? — quamrana, Apr 24 '18 at 13:05

corwin.amber · Answer 1 · 2018-04-24T13:09:17.710

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Clarification: I am basing my answer on the code found here. https://github.com/robertmartin8/PyGameofLife/blob/master/game_of_life.py

I am completely and honestly sure that the index should be a 2-tuple rather than a list, so you should try seed_position=(0,1). Same for universe size; try (100,100).

edited Apr 24 '18 at 13:09

answered Apr 24 '18 at 13:06

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with 50+ creds you are able to comment. use comments to get a clear question, **then** answer. believes do not belong into answers and the question is not clear _at all_ – Patrick Artner Apr 24 '18 at 13:09
This was just a figure of speech. I was referring to this code, https://github.com/robertmartin8/PyGameofLife/blob/master/game_of_life.py, the only thing I am not sure of is whether the OP was also referring to the same code. – corwin.amber Apr 24 '18 at 13:10
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what hinders you to comment & ask if he really uses this? – Patrick Artner Apr 24 '18 at 13:15
That somebody already asked :) Sorry if I was too enthusiastic to answer that I did not wait for confirmation! – corwin.amber Apr 24 '18 at 13:16
Seems you nailed it, +1 - lucky you. – Patrick Artner Apr 24 '18 at 13:18

I don't understand what shape the array in my functions argument is

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