CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python
Izy
Izy

Reputation: 51

TypeError: main() missing 3 required positional arguments

I just started studying UDF's and I can't get my code to work and I am unsure what I did wrong, anyone know how to fix this?

I am getting this error line 55, in main() TypeError: main() missing 3 required positional arguments: 'word1', 'word2', and 'word3'

my code looks like this

import random

def get_determiner(amount):
    if amount == 1:
        determiner = ['a', 'one', 'the']
    else:
        determiner = ['those', 'some', 'many', 'the']
    word1 = random.choice(determiner)
    return word1

def get_noun(amount):
    if amount == 1:
        noun = ["bird", "boy", "car", "cat", "child",
        "dog", "girl", "man", "rabbit", "woman"]
    else:
        noun = ["birds", "boys", "cars", "cats", "children",
        "dogs", "girls", "men", "rabbits", "women"]

    word2 = random.choice(noun)
    return word2

def get_verb(amount, tense):
    if tense == 'past':
        verb = ["drank", "ate", "grew", "laughed", "thought",
        "ran", "slept", "talked", "walked", "wrote"]
    elif tense == 'past' and amount == 1:
        verb = ["drinks", "eats", "grows", "laughs", "thinks",
        "runs", "sleeps", "talks", "walks", "writes"]
    elif tense == 'past' and amount != 1:
        verb =["drink", "eat", "grow", "laugh", "think",
        "run", "sleep", "talk", "walk", "write"]
    elif tense == 'future':
        verb =["will drink", "will eat", "will grow", "will laugh",
        "will think", "will run", "will sleep", "will talk",
        "will walk", "will write"]
    
    word3 = random.choice(verb)
    return word3

def main():

    get_determiner(word1)
    get_noun(word2)
    get_verb(word3)

    amount = input('how many things are there? ')
    tense = input('Past, present or future? ')
    first = word1.capitalize()

    print(f'{first} {word2} {word3}')

main()

Upvotes: 1

Views: 7296

Answers (3)

Mohamed Yasser
Mohamed Yasser

Reputation: 812

First of all, you are using 3 variables word1 word2 word3 inside main() , but main doesn't know who these variables are, so either define the three of them as global variables (highly discouraged in programming), pass them as arguments to main() ,or define them inside main().

Second, print() is a function that doesn't return anything, so passing print() to main() is like passing None type to a function. It doesn't make much sense.

Third, your get_verb() takes two arguments, but you only pass one. Pass the correct arguments or use a default value for the other argument.

Fourth, when calling your three functions inside main() you are not storing the return in any variable, it's almost like you didn't call them.

Fix these and try again, because the error you should be getting is a NameError: name 'first' is not defined and not a TypeError.

Upvotes: 2

Ghanteyyy
Ghanteyyy

Reputation: 494

You are passing parameters in main function when it does not have any. Learn more about arguments and parameters

So you can change your main function

def main(word1, word2, word3):
….

And call the main function

main('word1', 'word2', 'word3')

Upvotes: 1

Raj Patel
Raj Patel

Reputation: 174

import random

def get_determiner(amount):
    if amount == 1:
        determiner = ['a', 'one', 'the']
    else:
        determiner = ['those', 'some', 'many', 'the']
    word1 = random.choice(determiner)
    return word1

def get_noun(amount):
    if amount == 1:
        noun = ["bird", "boy", "car", "cat", "child",
        "dog", "girl", "man", "rabbit", "woman"]
    else:
        noun = ["birds", "boys", "cars", "cats", "children",
        "dogs", "girls", "men", "rabbits", "women"]

    word2 = random.choice(noun)
    return word2

def get_verb(amount, tense):
    if tense == 'past':
        verb = ["drank", "ate", "grew", "laughed", "thought",
        "ran", "slept", "talked", "walked", "wrote"]
    elif tense == 'past' and amount == 1:
        verb = ["drinks", "eats", "grows", "laughs", "thinks",
        "runs", "sleeps", "talks", "walks", "writes"]
    elif tense == 'past' and amount != 1:
        verb =["drink", "eat", "grow", "laugh", "think",
        "run", "sleep", "talk", "walk", "write"]
    elif tense == 'future':
        verb =["will drink", "will eat", "will grow", "will laugh",
        "will think", "will run", "will sleep", "will talk",
        "will walk", "will write"]
    
    word3 = random.choice(verb)
    return word3

def main():



    amount = input('how many things are there? ')
    tense = input('Past, present or future? ')
    word1 = get_determiner(amount)
    word2 = get_noun(amount)
    word3 = get_verb(amount, tense)
    first = word1.capitalize()

    print(f'{first} {word2} {word3}')

    
main()

Upvotes: 2

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