Tkinter: Make it go away!

[Rick Pasotto]

On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 14:41:43 -0700 in comp.lang.python, Phlip wrote:
> To Phyn:
> 
>   from Tkinter import *
>   root = Tk()
>   lab1 = Label(root, text='simple 1')
>   lab1.pack()  
> 
>   # ???
> 
>   lab2 = Label(root, text='simple 2')
>   lab2.pack()
>   root.mainloop()
> 
> When I run that, I get a window with two labels in it.
> 
> On the line with ???, what can I write to get only one label? How do I 
> croak an object prematurely?

Is there some reason not to just change the text in the label that's
already there?

lab1.config(text='simple 2')

If you insist on putting up with the possible flickering as the window
resizes:

lab1.destroy()

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