getting error in pygame 'pygame.surface' object is not subscript able

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I'm getting this error when running pygame.Surface object is not subscriptable. I have tried looking at similar code but still to green to place where I went wrong.

if I remove all "hit" lines it works. I want to insert an image for a hit function it will run till SPACE is hit.

 elif self.isHitRight:
            win.blit(hitRight[self.hitCount], (self.x, self.y))
            self.hitCount += 1
        elif self.isHitLeft:
            win.blit(hitLeft[self.hitCount], (self.x, self.y))
            self.hitCount += 1

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This message likely means that the `[]` operator is not defined for `hitRight` — lucidbrot, Oct 27 '18 at 11:53
Possible duplicate of [In Python, what does it mean if an object is subscriptable or not?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/216972/in-python-what-does-it-mean-if-an-object-is-subscriptable-or-not) — lucidbrot, Oct 27 '18 at 11:54

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 27 '18 at 11:57

Your error object is not subscriptable means that you have tried to use an array operator (that is you've done something like x[y]) on an object that does not support it. The only objects you're doing this on are hitLeft and hitRight, which I presume are pygame.Surface objects. pygame.Surface objects don't support this.

Most likely you originally needed to define hitLeft and hitRight as arrays of pygame.Surface objects.

getting error in pygame 'pygame.surface' object is not subscript able

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