PYTHON

takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given python

This error is often caused by the fact that the self is omitted as a parameter in the method of the class.

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TypeError: method() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given

# Employee Class
class Employee:
    # Get Employee method with self parameter
    def GetEmployeeID(self,name):
        print(f"The Employee ID of {name} ", 1234)

# instance of the employee
empObj = Employee()
empObj.GetEmployeeID("Chandler Bing")

python takes 2 positional arguments but 3 were given

#if you're getting this issue out of a class function
#don't forget to add "self" as the first parameter for your function
class myClass:
def myFunction(self,argument1,argument2)

#calling
#self isn't defined when calling the function
test = myClass()
test.myFunction(1,2)

takes 2 positional arguments but 3 were given

# just put self in other functions like this
class myclass:
  def __init__(self, parameter):
  	self.parameter = parameter
  def function(self, otherparameter):
    # put a self ^ there
    print(self.parameter + otherparameter)

object=myclass(1)
object.function(2)
# output is 3