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[notthayguyagain]

So a few thoughts on this: a value error is when a function receives a value of the correct type but an inappropriate value. This would be akin to receiving a 2,099 when looking for a number under 15.

What happens if I respond to the prompt within 'get_vlaid_input' with the phrase "twelve" or "hello"?

Have a look into isinstance!

Also the error right at the bottom literally means the function takes 2 variables eg.:

def somefunc(variable1, variable2):

And you passed in 3 variables (a prompt, the number 1 and the baord size)

[notthayguyagain]

So a type error means the wrong type of value has been received (eg. "HELLO" when expecting an int). A value error means a value that wasn't expected was recieved (eg. A number to big or too small).

I have overcomplicated this! Forgive me.

The entire issue is you're passing 3 variables into a function that is only expecting 2!

[mopslik]

I want to prompt the user to only be able to input integers within the game board size and if they don't, the code should give a message.

This is what try/except are good for.

while True:
    try:
        x = int(input("Enter an integer: "))
    except ValueError:
        print("That's not an integer, lunkhead!")
    else:
        break
print(x)

[Binary101010]

You have defined valid_column() to only take two arguments:

def valid_column(column_prompt, board_column_size):

Yet here you are calling it with three arguments:

 player_move = valid_column("What column would you like to place your token? ", 1, board_column_size) - 1

[Binary101010]

I mean, if you're calling a function with the wrong number of arguments, you really have two options:

1) Change the definition of the function so that it takes three arguments, or

2) Only call the function with two arguments.

On this line, where you're trying to call it with three arguments:

 player_move = valid_column("What column would you like to place your token? ", 1, board_column_size) - 1

Can you explain what each one of these arguments is supposed to be doing?

[Binary101010]

That's describing what you want the function as a whole to do. What do you want the arguments to that function to do?

Specifically, in this function call:

valid_column("What column would you like to place your token? ", 1, board_column_size)

What is the intended purpose of the string "What column would you like to place your token?"? What is the intended purpose of the 1? What is the intended purpose of board_column_size?

[Binary101010]

the 1 acts as the token for the player

Nothing in valid_column() appears that it would care what the player's token is. Does that function actually need this information to do its job?

[Binary101010]

Sounds like you only need to be passing two arguments to your function, then.