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python-2.7texttkintertypeerror
A.J. Uppal
A.J. Uppal

Reputation: 19264

How do I update my text in Tkinter?

I am currently making a monopoly game, and I want to display what my players roll in a label. I have a file dice.py, which has a function roll that rolls the dice (using random.randint(1,6) twice, and adding them). I use a while True just to test it out, but it gives me this error:

TypeError: 'int' object does not support item assignment

when I do

str = ''
strlabel = canvas.create_text(553, 275, text = str, fill='snow3', font=('Times New Roman', 24))
while True:
    roll = dice.roll()
    str = 'You just rolled a %d!' %(roll)
    strlabel["text"] = "hey"
    var2 = raw_input()

The raw_input just makes a pause in between each roll. I can't find much on Tkinter out there, so could someone tell me the update text syntax?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 117

Answers (1)

mgautierfr
mgautierfr

Reputation: 739

The canvas.create_text doesn't create a new label. It create a new item (text) in the canvas and return the id (an int) of the created item.

You have to use the itemconfigure method to configure the item :

canvas.itemconfigure(strlabel, text='You just rolled a %d!'%(roll))

Upvotes: 2

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