Hi Gryphon,

I was just trying to set up sbbl.mpy here, and when it runs, I get the following:

PYTHON ERROR (sbbl.mpy)

File "sbbl.mpy", line 510, in <module>
File "sbbl.mpy", line 493, in main_menu
File "sbbl.mpy", line 206, in short_list
IndexError: list index out of range

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Not sure if it's something on my end, or what happened. As I also receive the 'syncdata' via Fidonet, I'll try using that message area, and see if it makes any difference.


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On 01/01/18, Black Panther said the following...

Hi Gryphon,

I was just trying to set up sbbl.mpy here, and when it runs, I get the following:

PYTHON ERROR (sbbl.mpy)

File "sbbl.mpy", line 510, in <module>
File "sbbl.mpy", line 493, in main_menu
File "sbbl.mpy", line 206, in short_list
IndexError: list index out of range

Press a key

Not sure if it's something on my end, or what happened. As I also
receive the 'syncdata' via Fidonet, I'll try using that message area,
and see if it makes any difference.

Can you open your copy of sbbl.mpy and let me know what is on line 206?

Quite likely it's going to be an issue where a list element didn't get initialized.

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On 01/01/18, Gryphon said the following...

PYTHON ERROR (sbbl.mpy)

File "sbbl.mpy", line 510, in <module>
File "sbbl.mpy", line 493, in main_menu
File "sbbl.mpy", line 206, in short_list
IndexError: list index out of range

Press a key

Can you open your copy of sbbl.mpy and let me know what is on line 206?

bbs.writeln("|10 %-25s |13%-15s |14%4s |09%-22s" % (key,software[key],nodes[key],uus[1]))

(Sorry, the line wrapped. There is a space between the two lines.)

If it were an MPL, I could probably try to debug it on this end, but I
haven't started teaching myself Python yet.


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On 01/02/18, Black Panther said the following...

Can you open your copy of sbbl.mpy and let me know what is on line 20

Well, that didn't work... I'll try it with adding another pipe to each one in the line.

bbs.writeln("||10 %-25s ||13%-15s ||14%4s ||09%-22s" % (key,software[key],nodes[key],uus[1]))

Let's see if that helps, or makes more of a mess... :)


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On 01/02/18, Black Panther said the following...

On 01/01/18, Gryphon said the following...

PYTHON ERROR (sbbl.mpy)

File "sbbl.mpy", line 510, in <module>
File "sbbl.mpy", line 493, in main_menu
File "sbbl.mpy", line 206, in short_list
IndexError: list index out of range

Press a key

Can you open your copy of sbbl.mpy and let me know what is on line 20

bbs.writeln(" %-25s %-15s %4s %-22s" % (key,software[key],nodes[key],uus[1]))

(Sorry, the line wrapped. There is a space between the two lines.)

If it were an MPL, I could probably try to debug it on this end, but I haven't started teaching myself Python yet.

I think it's like I said. First of all, its data-related. There appears to
be a missing or malformatted Telnet: statement in the record for this entry. Second, the mpy doesn't properly handle error conditions. The 'uus[1]' variable is likely the culpret. The script is forcing the use of element 1
and there is no actual element 1. Therefore, it err's.

Unfortunately, it doesn't fail in my setup, so I don't have an actual issue where I can test a fix. The best I can do is make an assumption and let you test it in production.

Give me a bit and I'll have an update. I'll let you know when its ready.

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On 01/02/18, Gryphon said the following...

I think it's like I said. First of all, its data-related. There
appears to be a missing or malformatted Telnet: statement in the record for this entry. Second, the mpy doesn't properly handle error
conditions. The 'uus[1]' variable is likely the culpret. The script is forcing the use of element 1 and there is no actual element 1.
Therefore, it err's.

That makes sense.

Unfortunately, it doesn't fail in my setup, so I don't have an actual issue where I can test a fix. The best I can do is make an assumption
and let you test it in production.

Would it help if I zipped up that JAM message base and emailed it to you?
I'll also take a look in that echo, and see if one of them is listed incorrectly.

Give me a bit and I'll have an update. I'll let you know when its ready.

No problem. Thanks for looking into it. I was just playing around with some
of the newer utilities that have come out. :)


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