[Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 117, Issue 25

[Vlad Olariu]

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>    1. Re: TypeError: generatePersonID() takes exactly 1 argument (0
>       given) (Suhas Bhairav)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 08:58:54 +0530
> From: Suhas Bhairav <suhasbhairav at hotmail.com>
> To: Alex Kleider <akleider at sonic.net>, "tutor at python.org"
>         <tutor at python.org>
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] TypeError: generatePersonID() takes exactly 1
>         argument (0 given)
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> Hello,
> In your program, when you're calling generatePersonID(), you need to pass
> an argument to the function i.e. the value of fullName.This is because when
> you're defining the function generatePersonID(), it is
> generatePersonID(fullName) and not just generatePersonID(). So you have
> pass an arguments while you're calling it.
> Eg:def main():   getUserInput ()   generatePersonID ("Suhas")
>
> RegardsSuhas
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> > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 09:24:50 -0800
> > From: akleider at sonic.net
> > To: tutor at python.org
> > Subject: Re: [Tutor] TypeError: generatePersonID() takes exactly 1
> argument (0 given)
> >
> > On 2013-11-14 07:54, Thabile Rampa wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > So I'm learning how to define my own functions, and in an exercise I
> > > was given, I get this error:
> > >
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >   File "X:/X/xxx/Xxxxx/function_practice.py", line 36, in <module>
> > >      main ()
> > >   File "X:/X/xxx/Xxxxx/function_practice.py/function_practice.py
> > > [1]", line 34, in main
> > >     generatePersonID ()
> > > TypeError: generatePersonID() takes exactly 1 argument (0 given)
> > >
> > > Here is the code:
> > >
> > > def getUserInput():
> > >     """
> > >     Get input from the user, i.e fullname, grossSalary, costs.
> > >     Returns: fullName, grossSalary, costs
> > >     """
> > >
> > >     grossSalary =None ;
> > >     costs =None
> > >     fullName=""
> > >
> > >     while not fullName:
> > >
> > >         fullName = raw_input ("First and Last Names: ")
> > >
> > >     while not grossSalary:
> > >          #TODO
> > >         grossSalary = int (raw_input ("Annual Gross Salary: "))
> > >
> > >     while not costs:
> > >                 #TODO
> > >         costs = int(raw_input ("Yearly costs: "))
> > >
> > >     return fullName, grossSalary, costs
> > >
> > > def generatePersonID (fullName):
> > >     """generates unique ID"""
> > >     global id
> > >     id = (fullName) + 1
> > >     personID = str (id) + fullName
> > >     return personID
> > >
> > > def main ():
> > >      getUserInput ()
> > >     generatePersonID ()
> > >
> > > main ()
> > >
> > > raw_input ("Press the enter key to exit.")
> >
> > You define 'generatePersonID' as a function that requires one parameter
> > but you do not give it a parameter when you call it with in your 'main'
> > function.  That's exactly what your error message is trying to tell you.
> >
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