Merge pull request #442 from pyiron/animate-error

Add clear error when calling animate_structure on empty job
pyiron · Nov 26, 2021 · 42d2b8a · 42d2b8a
2 parents 52eaf2c + 18606cf
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diff --git a/pyiron_atomistics/atomistics/job/atomistic.py b/pyiron_atomistics/atomistics/job/atomistic.py
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ def animate_structure(
                 "The animate() function requires the package nglview to be installed"
             )
 
+        if self.number_of_structures <= 1:
+            raise ValueError("job must have more than one structure to animate!")
+
         animation = nglview.show_asetraj(
             self.trajectory(stride=stride, center_of_mass=center_of_mass)
         )