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Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
90/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
jupyter, numpy, python
Domain
documentation

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Description

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Course

machine-learning-zoomcamp

Question

Why am I getting TypeError: 'list' object is not callable when creating a NumPy array?

Answer

This usually happens when np.array was accidentally overwritten by a list in an earlier Jupyter cell. Since the Jupyter kernel retains previous variable assignments, simply editing or deleting the problematic cell may not fix it.

The quickest solution is to restart the Jupyter kernel (Kernel → Restart), then run:

import numpy as np

y = np.array([1100, 1300, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200])

After restarting, np.array() will point back to NumPy's original function.

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