global_df.loc[len(global_df.index)] = row_data (keep eye out for int vs string)

app.py

@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ async def add_exp(member_id):
             21: lvl21, 22: lvl22, 23: lvl23, 24: lvl24, 25: lvl25, 26: lvl26, 27: lvl27, 28: lvl28, 29: lvl29, 30: lvl30,
         }              
 
+        # xp = int64
+        # member_name = string
+        # discord_user_id = string
+
         member_found = False
         for index, cell_value in global_df.iloc[:, 0].items():
             if cell_value == str(member_id):
@@ -210,15 +214,18 @@ async def add_exp(member_id):
             #string_member_id = str(member.id)
             
             xp = 10 # define somewhere else?
+            member_id = str(member_id)
+            member_name = str(member.name)
             current_level = calculate_level(xp)
-            member_name = member.name
             print(f"test") 
             row_data = [member_id, member_name, xp, current_level]
             print(f"test") 
-            new_row_df = pd.DataFrame([row_data], columns=global_df.columns)
-            print(type(global_df))
+            global_df.loc[len(global_df.index)] = row_data 
+            
+            #new_row_df = pd.DataFrame([row_data], columns=global_df.columns)
             #updated_df = global_df.append(new_row_df, ignore_index=True) deprecated
-            updated_df = pd.concat([global_df, pd.DataFrame([new_row_df])], ignore_index=True)
+            #updated_df = pd.concat([global_df, pd.DataFrame([new_row_df])], ignore_index=True)
+            
             print(f"test") 
             # initial role assignment
             if current_level == 1: