Persisting but non-existing routine - cannot get rid of it

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Windows 7, 64bit
PsychoPy 1.90.2

Dear All,

I have a rather strange problem and any advice would be much appreciated.

I have an exp created using builder.
At the process of renaming routines, PsychoPy crashed.

After I reopened it I have a routine that keeps appearing but I cannot remove it (see screenshot below).
Below in bullet points some info about the problem:

  • The routine is populated with all the components in inserted before the crash.
  • The routine does not appear in the flow but I can insert it via ā€œInsert Routineā€ function.
  • Strangely enough the routine is suffixed and prefixed with single quotes plus the letter ā€˜bā€™ (the original name of the routine was only BF_Code_2 the rest is not my doing).
  • I can just press the X on the routineā€™s tab and remove it but it will re-appear next time i open the exp again.
  • I have already deleted all the .lastrun .pyc files just in case.
  • There is nothing in the coder that can help me.
  • If i try to insert in another routine a component with the same name as a component in the problematic routine then it will give me an error so the routine must exist somewhere.

Any advice much welcomed.

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Hi Yiannis,
maybe you could make a backup copy of your psyexp file, open it with a text editor (the code is easy to read), search for the broken code associated with the BF_Code_2 component and remove it.

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Thanks for your reply.

Ah, had done that already. The routine is nowhere to be found let alone editing it. I also deleted the routine in the builder and then ā€œsaved asā€ and still the routine is there. Deleted user preferences and .cfg dataā€¦ Still there. Log files do not show anything that can help. I run out of options/ideas hence my post here.

It seems to me my file is ā€œcorruptedā€

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Hm, I really would have expected the string BF_Code_2 somewhere in there, too. Can you upload the psyexp file here?

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@TorgeMS

Just wanted to check if the routine will appear again when opening the exp in my personal laptop (and of course it did) before I reply. I have also removed all the components from that routine.

For your enjoyment only here is the .psyexp

your_expV3.psyexp (58.9 KB)

Exp is unfinished. It is when I was creating the second part of the exp when the problem appeared (i.e. second code routine and whatever is in the trials_2 loop).

Good luck and let me know how it goes.

Thanks

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Thanks for the file. I did what I wrote above (it was line 604) and it seems to be working.
your_expV3.1.psyexp (58.8 KB)

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I misunderstood your advice. I thought a ā€œSave asā€ and then opening it in the code view was the same as what you said but apparently not.

Many thanks for that, your time is appreciated.

Marked as solved.

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Ok, Iā€™m glad it helped. Yes, I edited the psyexp file directly, not the Python script (py) that you get by running/compiling Builder experiments or by working in Coder.