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Output [ ] Alone

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
jupyter, jupyter-notebook, python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reproducing the cell execution shown in the attached screenshots, recording the exact input and environment; the issue names no file, test, or entry point. Done requires determining why the output is [] without an error and confirming whether a code change or user-facing clarification is needed.

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Description

I am able to run a cell, however I have tired many different input methods, the output is brackets alone. The cell is being ran and there is no error; however, I am only getting [ ] as the output. I have tried restarting the Kernal and have no clue what to do to fix this.

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