How do I fix this: TypeError: Entry.get() takes 1 positional argument but 3 were given-CodePudding

I am very new to coding and can't figure out what is wrong. I am just trying to print something that the user types in a text box. I have a button that calls a function to take the info from the textbox, do some math with the number, then print its output in the console.

When I run the program it starts off fine but when I enter a digit into the first box and press the button this error appears.

File "/Users/Owner/PycharmProjects/gui thing/venv/new gui.py", line 29, in <lambda>
    printbutton = Button(bottomframe, text="Run Algorithm", command=lambda: get_input())
  File "/Users/Owner/PycharmProjects/gui thing/venv/new gui.py", line 6, in get_input
    year = boxYear.get("1.0", "end-1c")
TypeError: Entry.get() takes 1 positional argument but 3 were given

from tkinter import *
root = Tk()

root.geometry("500x500")
def get_input():
    year = boxYear.get("1.0", "end-1c")
    p1 = (int(year) // 12)
    p2 = (int(year) % 12)
    p3 = (p2 // 4)
    p4 = (p1   p2   p3)
    days = ['wednesday', 'thursday', 'friday', 'saturday', 'sunday', 'monday', 'tuesday']
    p5 = (p4 // 7)
    if p4 >= 7 and p4 <= 14:
        p6 = (int(p4 - 7))
    elif p4 >= 7 and p4 > 14:
        p6 = (int(p4 - 14))
    else:
        p6 = (int(p4))
    if p6 == 7:
        p6 = 0
    print(days[int(p6)])
topframe = Frame(root)
topframe.pack()
bottomframe = Frame(root)
bottomframe.pack(side=BOTTOM)

quitbutton = Button(bottomframe, text= "Quit Program", command=bottomframe.quit)
quitbutton.grid()
printbutton = Button(bottomframe, text="Run Algorithm", command=lambda: get_input())
printbutton.grid()

boxYear = Entry(topframe)
boxMonth = Entry(topframe)
boxDay = Entry(topframe)

boxYear.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=10, pady=10)
boxMonth.grid(row=1, column=1, padx=10, pady=10)
boxDay.grid(row=2, column=1, padx=10, pady=10)

l1 = Label(topframe, text="Year: ")
l2 = Label(topframe, text="Month: ")
l3 = Label(topframe, text="Day: ")

l1.grid(row=0, column=0)
l2.grid(row=1, column=0)
l3.grid(row=2, column=0)

I have tried moving things around and Turing on and off certain part to see what's causing the issue. I've looked at it for a while and can't see anything wrong but as I said I have no idea what I am doing as I just started coding two weeks ago.

CodePudding user response：

The get method takes no parameters (other than self, which is why the error mentions one parameter). You are calling it as if the widget was a Text widget, but it's an Entry widget. The way to call get on an entry widget is by passing no parameters:

year = boxYear.get()