Python - TypeError: takes 2 positional arguments but 3 were given

Question

Hi I am struggling with a problem in my python code. When I create an instance of the Teams() class I always get the traceback:

line 16, in __init__
self.assign_team_number(self, name)
TypeError: assign_team_number() takes 2 positional arguments but 3 were given

I only pass 2 arguments but python seems to think it is 2

Here is my code. Please help.

class Teams():

def __init__(self, name):
self.assign_team_number(self, name)

def assign_team_number(self, name):
self.team_number = number_of_teams
teams[number_of_teams] = name
number_of_teams += 1

Answer 1

I could be wrong, but you dont need the self tag in the constructor when you are calling the funktion.

self.assign_team_number(name)

Answer 2

I created it like this: x = Teams("team x")

It is working now that I removed self. Thanks so much

Answer 3

How did you create the instance that threw the error?

Answer 4

I run your code but I didn't find any errors.