Getting max() arg is an empty sequence trying custom data.

Hi All,

I am trying to train with sample set.

python ./train.py --dataset_path=sample.json

data input like as below getting below error

File "./train.py", line 43, in pad_dataset max_l = max(len(x) for x in dataset["input_ids"]) ValueError: max() arg is an empty sequence

Please advice.

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Getting max() arg is an empty sequence trying custom data. #76