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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