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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"AttributError using GTFEntry","articleBody":"I'm getting this error when processing a standard gtf. \n\n```\nAttributeError: 'GTFEntry' object has no attribute 'feature'\n```\n\nThe relevant code is as follows:\n```\n    for ENTRY in GTF_DATA:\n        if ENTRY.feature == b\"gene\":  # Only process gene entries\n            ATTRIBUTES = ENTRY.attributes.decode().split(\";\")\n```\nI'm unsure why I'm getting this error, as the gtf is pretty standard. \n\n```\n3R\tFlyBase\tgene\t17750129\t17763188\t.\t-\t.\tgene_id \"FBgn0038542\"; gene_name \"TyrR\"; gene_source \"FlyBase\"; gene_biotype \"protein_coding\";\n3R\tFlyBase\ttranscript\t17750129\t17758978\t.\t-\t.\tgene_id \"FBgn0038542\"; transcript_id \"FBtr0344474\"; gene_name \"TyrR\"; gene_source \"FlyBase\"; gene_biotype \"protein_coding\"; transcript_name \"TyrR-RB\"; transcript_source \"FlyBase\"; transcript_biotype \"protein_coding\";\n3R\tFlyBase\texon\t17758709\t17758978\t.\t-\t.\tgene_id \"FBgn0038542\"; transcript_id \"FBtr0344474\"; exon_number \"1\"; gene_name \"TyrR\"; gene_source \"FlyBase\"; gene_biotype \"protein_coding\"; transcript_name \"TyrR-RB\"; transcript_source \"FlyBase\"; transcript_biotype \"protein_coding\"; exon_id \"FBtr0344474-E1\";\n3R\tFlyBase\texon\t17757024\t17757709\t.\t-\t.\tgene_id \"FBgn0038542\"; transcript_id \"FBtr0344474\"; exon_number \"2\"; gene_name \"TyrR\"; gene_source \"FlyBase\"; gene_biotype \"protein_coding\"; transcript_name \"TyrR-RB\"; transcript_source \"FlyBase\"; transcript_biotype \"protein_coding\"; exon_id \"FBtr0344474-E2\";\n```\n\nGoogle suggests the problem is with using 'feature' instead of 'type' but I get exactly the same error regardless of the term used.\n\nIt's probably something simple that I'm doing wrong but I'm unable to figure it out.\n\nThanks.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/davidaray","@type":"Person","name":"davidaray"},"datePublished":"2025-03-21T18:57:51.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/87/bionumpy/issues/87"}