Issue with teleporting players using ScreenName, @p and @r selectors

Please provide the exact commands that are giving you errors.

The full commands are there, "tp @p" followed by the next bit you want to put in, location or selector 

"/tp @p @e" does not work.. "/tp @p @e" is not even recognized in the command block 

"/tp @p ~ ~  ~~ " does not work.. "/tp @p ~~~" is not recognized by command blocks

the same is true for these format of commands replacing @p with @r

would it be easier to read if I go and edit the original with the quote marks?

"/tp @p @e" doesnt really make sense, you are telling the game to teleport yourself too all entities

"/tp @p ~ ~ ~ ~" is just teleporting yourself to the same place

@Urielsalisa Thanks for the diligence but if you where to go into the actual game and type the things I have said you would know that it makes little sense as the command itself is broken
"@e" was just an example copy and pasted form a world where me and a armor stand where the only entity "@e[type=whateveryouwant,c=1,distance=..sometrhing] would be the form your after to make sense.. (also broken as TP itself is broke PLEASE go in and try the command using either @p or @r)
~ ~ ~ are also examples that nevertheless SHOULD work fine but do not..

I'm not sure why generic versions of the command would count as invalid, they would work regardless of you thinking that situation is nuts or not. So what if it only teleports me to myself WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK, cannot input it.. please go confirm this behavior

Again, if you want us to know what exactly your issue is, you need to provide the exact commands that don't work.

@e[type=whateveryouwant,c=1,distance=..sometrhing]

c=1 has been replaced by limit=1 as of 1.13, maybe that's your issue.

Nice .mp3 file. Now where's the video?

I am uploading it? but what .mp3? 

I see it, sorry must of been behind my edit window when I dragged it 😃

Here is the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQcMP1Albck

I think this is ultimately MC-124137

The only thing that's wrong is the error message, which is impossible to make more specific because the command is ambiguous. If you include limit=1 the command works fine.