[Tutor] program for creation of unique objects
Kent Johnson
kent37 at tds.net
Sun Mar 20 13:27:18 CET 2005
Brainerd HeadFat wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having trouble trying to figure out how to create multiple
> objects that contain duplicate entries that can be uniquely identified
> within a Tkinter GUI.
>
> I want a user to define an item and then
> define multiple characteristics about that item,
> save a dictionary of items,
> and then reload the items back into the GUI upon restart.
>
> The code I'm have trouble with looks something like this.
>
>
> def newitem():
> itemframe = Frame(parent)
> entry1 = Entryfield(itemframe)
> entry2 = Entryfield(itemframe)
> button1 = Button(itemframe, command = update())
>
> def update():
> a = entry1.getvalue()
> b = entry2.getvalue()
> values = [a,b]
> print values
>
> The problem I'm having is that as soon as the user runs newitem()
> the previous itemframe loses its name and i can only access the most
> recently
> created itemframe.
It sounds like maybe you should keep a list of the itemframes and their contents. One way to do this
would be to have a list
itemframes = []
then in newitem() save the parts you care about like this:
itemdetails = (itemframe, entry1, entry2)
itemframes.append(itemdetails)
Then when you want to access all the itemframes use a loop like this:
for itemframe, entry1, entry2 in itemframes:
# do something with itemframe, entry1, entry2
Kent
>
> I feel like the most convenient way to accomplish this would be
> something like
>
> x = Frame() in parent
> itemframe'x' = itemframe
>
>
> Where 'x' is a unique integer. But I don't know how to create unique
> variables on the fly.
>
> I'm sure there are a thousand ways to accomplish what I'm trying to,
> and it seems like a trivial thing that gets dealt with all the time,
> and I'm embarrased that I have to ask.
> I'm pretty new to programming and this is my first attempt at a GUI or
> a really useful program. Thanks for your help.
>
>
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