MaartenGr / MaartenGr/BERTopic
list index out of range error in topic reduction
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Description
I am using the following code for topic modelling with bertopic version 0.16.0 and getting list index out of range error in topic reduction


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The issue provides only screenshots of the BERTopic 0.16.0 usage and the list-index error; it names no source file, test, or entry point. Start by reproducing the topic-reduction failure from the shown example and inspect the traceback to locate the failing code. Done means the reported reduction case no longer raises the error.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- machine-learning
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100