Guided Project 365: Error invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'H'

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#1

Hi all, I am doing the guided project 365: Exploring Hacker News Posts. While calculating average comments for specific post I run into the error. The dataquest solution code also returns the same error. Here is my code;

Calculate the average number of comments Ask HN posts receive.

total_ask_comments = 0

for post in ask_posts:
num_comments = int(post[4])
total_ask_comments += num_comments

avg_ask_comments = total_ask_comments / len(ask_posts)
print(avg_ask_comments)

and the error:

ValueErrorTraceback (most recent call last)
in ()
3
4 for post in ask_posts:
----> 5 num_comments = int(post[4])
6 total_ask_comments += num_comments
7

ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ‘H’

anyone else encountered the same issue?

#2

You cannot convert H a string into an integer. Hence, the value error occurs.

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#3

I see now, the H comes from the mistake I made in the previous step. Thanks :slight_smile:

#4

Thanks for the error readings. However, I am yet to figure the string character “H”. I will be glad for your help.


total_ask_comments = 0

for post in ask_posts:
    num_comment = int(post[4])
    total_ask_comments += num_comment

avg_ask_comments = total_ask_comments/len(ask_posts)
avg_ask_comments
#5

Hi izabelcvetkovic, here is my previous code and I’m yet to spot the error. Kindly assist with the hint if you don’t mind

ask_posts = []
show_posts = []
other_posts = []

for row in hn:
    title = row[1]
    title = title.lower()
    
    if title.startswith('ask hn'):
        ask_posts.append(title)
    elif title.startswith('show hn'):
        show_posts.append(title)
    else:
        other_posts.append(title)

print(len(ask_posts))
print(len(show_posts))
print(len(other_posts))
#6

This looks good, I don’t understand, what is the error that you get?
I’ve checked my notebook for this project, but I can’t really remember how I initially got this error, sorry.

#7

Thanks for the reply. The error message reads “Error invalid literal for int() with base 10: ‘h’”

Invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'H'
#8

@mo.yekini I’m not sure if this has been solved yet. I was having the same issue until I spotted the error when appending data to the three list-objects. You should reference the entire row instead of just title column values. See below.

for row in hn:
title = row[1]
if title.lower().startswith(‘ask hn’):
ask_posts.append(row)
elif title.lower().startswith(‘show hn’):
show_posts.append(row)
else:
other_posts.append(row)

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#9

yea it really worked out @mo.yekini but an yet to understand while we append the row instead of title?

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