TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'float'

[siddhant01]

Getting the following error

TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'float'

Full error trace log

  File "/home/siddhant/Desktop/deployment_extra/chatbot/dobby-be-preprocess/src/utils/convertors.py", line 162, in pdf_to_text
    plain_text = extract_pdf_text(data_to_use)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/siddhant/Desktop/deployment_extra/chatbot/dobby-be-preprocess/src/utils/convertors.py", line 86, in extract_pdf_text
    raise exc
  File "/home/siddhant/Desktop/deployment_extra/chatbot/dobby-be-preprocess/src/utils/convertors.py", line 79, in extract_pdf_text
    for page_layout in extract_pages(data_to_use):
  File "/home/siddhant/anaconda3/envs/dobby-be-preprocess/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pdfminer/high_level.py", line 212, in extract_pages
    interpreter.process_page(page)
  File "/home/siddhant/anaconda3/envs/dobby-be-preprocess/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pdfminer/pdfinterp.py", line 997, in process_page
    self.render_contents(page.resources, page.contents, ctm=ctm)
  File "/home/siddhant/anaconda3/envs/dobby-be-preprocess/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pdfminer/pdfinterp.py", line 1016, in render_contents
    self.execute(list_value(streams))
  File "/home/siddhant/anaconda3/envs/dobby-be-preprocess/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pdfminer/pdfinterp.py", line 1045, in execute
    func()
  File "/home/siddhant/anaconda3/envs/dobby-be-preprocess/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pdfminer/pdfinterp.py", line 575, in do_s
    self.do_S()
  File "/home/siddhant/anaconda3/envs/dobby-be-preprocess/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pdfminer/pdfinterp.py", line 568, in do_S
    self.device.paint_path(self.graphicstate, True, False, False, self.curpath)
  File "/home/siddhant/anaconda3/envs/dobby-be-preprocess/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pdfminer/converter.py", line 127, in paint_path
    self.paint_path(gstate, stroke, fill, evenodd, subpath)
  File "/home/siddhant/anaconda3/envs/dobby-be-preprocess/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pdfminer/converter.py", line 140, in paint_path
    pts = [apply_matrix_pt(self.ctm, pt) for pt in raw_pts]
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/siddhant/anaconda3/envs/dobby-be-preprocess/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pdfminer/converter.py", line 140, in <listcomp>
    pts = [apply_matrix_pt(self.ctm, pt) for pt in raw_pts]
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/siddhant/anaconda3/envs/dobby-be-preprocess/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pdfminer/utils.py", line 266, in apply_matrix_pt
    return a * x + c * y + e, b * x + d * y + f
                   ~~^~~
TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'float'

Code

def extract_pdf_text(data_to_use: str | BytesIO) -> list[str]:
    plain_text = []
    for page_layout in extract_pages(data_to_use):
        paragraph = " ".join(element.get_text() for element in page_layout if isinstance(element, LTTextContainer))
        plain_text.append(paragraph)
    return plain_text

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