Im getting this error in python: IndexError: list index out of range

March 25, 2022

Im getting is error in python for some reason i don’t understand how these are outside of the index when there are 7 elements to the file
attack = user_stats.readlines()[2]
IndexError: list index out of range

this is the code:

with open(username + '.txt', 'r') as user_stats:
    level = user_stats.readlines()[1]
    attack = user_stats.readlines()[2]
    health = user_stats.readlines()[3]
    max_health = user_stats.readlines()[4]
    exp = user_stats.readlines()[5]
    money = user_stats.readlines()[6]

this is the txt file:

username
1
1
25
25
0
0

>Solution :

The first call to readlines() reads the full file and reaches the end of the file. Each subsequent call returns an empty string because you’ve already reached the end of the file.

There is no need to call readlines() multiple times.