[python] ValueError: Wrong number of items passed - Meaning and suggestions?

I am receiving the error: ValueError: Wrong number of items passed 3, placement implies 1, and I am struggling to figure out where, and how I may begin addressing the problem.

I don't really understand the meaning of the error; which is making it difficult for me to troubleshoot. I have also included the block of code that is triggering the error in my Jupyter Notebook.

The data is tough to attach; so I am not looking for anyone to try and re-create this error for me. I am just looking for some feedback on how I could address this error.

KeyError                                  Traceback (most recent call last)
C:\Users\brennn1\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\indexes\base.py in get_loc(self, key, method, tolerance)
   1944             try:
-> 1945                 return self._engine.get_loc(key)
   1946             except KeyError:

pandas\index.pyx in pandas.index.IndexEngine.get_loc (pandas\index.c:4154)()

pandas\index.pyx in pandas.index.IndexEngine.get_loc (pandas\index.c:4018)()

pandas\hashtable.pyx in pandas.hashtable.PyObjectHashTable.get_item (pandas\hashtable.c:12368)()

pandas\hashtable.pyx in pandas.hashtable.PyObjectHashTable.get_item (pandas\hashtable.c:12322)()

KeyError: 'predictedY'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

KeyError                                  Traceback (most recent call last)
C:\Users\brennn1\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\internals.py in set(self, item, value, check)
   3414         try:
-> 3415             loc = self.items.get_loc(item)
   3416         except KeyError:

C:\Users\brennn1\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\indexes\base.py in get_loc(self, key, method, tolerance)
   1946             except KeyError:
-> 1947                 return self._engine.get_loc(self._maybe_cast_indexer(key))
   1948 

pandas\index.pyx in pandas.index.IndexEngine.get_loc (pandas\index.c:4154)()

pandas\index.pyx in pandas.index.IndexEngine.get_loc (pandas\index.c:4018)()

pandas\hashtable.pyx in pandas.hashtable.PyObjectHashTable.get_item (pandas\hashtable.c:12368)()

pandas\hashtable.pyx in pandas.hashtable.PyObjectHashTable.get_item (pandas\hashtable.c:12322)()

KeyError: 'predictedY'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-95-476dc59cd7fa> in <module>()
     26     return gp, results
     27 
---> 28 gp_dailyElectricity, results_dailyElectricity = predictAll(3, 0.04, trainX_dailyElectricity, trainY_dailyElectricity, testX_dailyElectricity, testY_dailyElectricity, testSet_dailyElectricity, 'Daily Electricity')

<ipython-input-95-476dc59cd7fa> in predictAll(theta, nugget, trainX, trainY, testX, testY, testSet, title)
      8 
      9     results = testSet.copy()
---> 10     results['predictedY'] = predictedY
     11     results['sigma'] = sigma
     12 

C:\Users\brennn1\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\frame.py in __setitem__(self, key, value)
   2355         else:
   2356             # set column
-> 2357             self._set_item(key, value)
   2358 
   2359     def _setitem_slice(self, key, value):

C:\Users\brennn1\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\frame.py in _set_item(self, key, value)
   2422         self._ensure_valid_index(value)
   2423         value = self._sanitize_column(key, value)
-> 2424         NDFrame._set_item(self, key, value)
   2425 
   2426         # check if we are modifying a copy

C:\Users\brennn1\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\generic.py in _set_item(self, key, value)
   1462 
   1463     def _set_item(self, key, value):
-> 1464         self._data.set(key, value)
   1465         self._clear_item_cache()
   1466 

C:\Users\brennn1\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\internals.py in set(self, item, value, check)
   3416         except KeyError:
   3417             # This item wasn't present, just insert at end
-> 3418             self.insert(len(self.items), item, value)
   3419             return
   3420 

C:\Users\brennn1\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\internals.py in insert(self, loc, item, value, allow_duplicates)
   3517 
   3518         block = make_block(values=value, ndim=self.ndim,
-> 3519                            placement=slice(loc, loc + 1))
   3520 
   3521         for blkno, count in _fast_count_smallints(self._blknos[loc:]):

C:\Users\brennn1\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\internals.py in make_block(values, placement, klass, ndim, dtype, fastpath)
   2516                      placement=placement, dtype=dtype)
   2517 
-> 2518     return klass(values, ndim=ndim, fastpath=fastpath, placement=placement)
   2519 
   2520 # TODO: flexible with index=None and/or items=None

C:\Users\brennn1\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\internals.py in __init__(self, values, placement, ndim, fastpath)
     88             raise ValueError('Wrong number of items passed %d, placement '
     89                              'implies %d' % (len(self.values),
---> 90                                              len(self.mgr_locs)))
     91 
     92     @property

ValueError: Wrong number of items passed 3, placement implies 1

My code is as follows:

def predictAll(theta, nugget, trainX, trainY, testX, testY, testSet, title):

    gp = gaussian_process.GaussianProcess(theta0=theta, nugget =nugget)
    gp.fit(trainX, trainY)

    predictedY, MSE = gp.predict(testX, eval_MSE = True)
    sigma = np.sqrt(MSE)

    results = testSet.copy()
    results['predictedY'] = predictedY
    results['sigma'] = sigma

    print ("Train score R2:", gp.score(trainX, trainY))
    print ("Test score R2:", sklearn.metrics.r2_score(testY, predictedY))

    plt.figure(figsize = (9,8))
    plt.scatter(testY, predictedY)
    plt.plot([min(testY), max(testY)], [min(testY), max(testY)], 'r')
    plt.xlim([min(testY), max(testY)])
    plt.ylim([min(testY), max(testY)])
    plt.title('Predicted vs. observed: ' + title)
    plt.xlabel('Observed')
    plt.ylabel('Predicted')
    plt.show()

    return gp, results

gp_dailyElectricity, results_dailyElectricity = predictAll(3, 0.04, trainX_dailyElectricity, trainY_dailyElectricity, testX_dailyElectricity, testY_dailyElectricity, testSet_dailyElectricity, 'Daily Electricity')

for i in range(100):
try:
  #Your code here
  break
except:
  continue

This one worked for me.

Not sure if this is relevant to your question but it might be relevant to someone else in the future: I had a similar error. Turned out that the df was empty (had zero rows) and that is what was causing the error in my command.