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From: Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid>
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Subject: Re: how to use variable outside function tkinter entry
Date: 26 Oct 2015 18:58:53 GMT
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On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:24:20 +0100, Harrie Hoenjet <h.hoenjet@planet.nl> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> suppose i have a tkinter Entry widget (Python 3.4 Tkinter 8.5)
> mySalary = Entry(root, textvariable='salary', command=calculate')
>
> I have defined
> salary = IntVar()
>
> and a function:
> def calculate():
>     wages = salary.get()
>     ....
>     return
>
>
> How can i use the variable wages outside the function calculate?
> For example: print(wages) or print (w=calculate()) when I add return wages) 
> does not work.

Huh?  "print (w=calculate())" ?  What language is this, anyway?

Try

  w = calculate()
  print(w)

and if it doesn't work, report the exact output here.

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