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pythontkinter
Gobhniu
Gobhniu

Reputation: 275

Updating a variable with a button

So I am trying to add 7 days to a date everytime the user clicks on a button. Here is a simplified version of my code:

import sys
if sys.version_info[0] == 2:  # Just checking your Python version to import Tkinter properly.
    import Tkinter as tk
    import ttk as ttk
else:
    import tkinter as tk
    from tkinter.ttk import ttk as ttk
import datetime
import calendar

def nextweek(cd, ow):
    newdate=(cd+ow)
    cd=newdate
    return cd
def printdate(cd):
    print cd

curdate = datetime.date(2016, 01, 04)
one_week = datetime.timedelta(weeks = 1)

root = tk.Tk()
bls = ttk.Style()
bls.configure('Black.TLabelframe', background="#222222")

dayframe = ttk.Button(root, text="Hello", command=lambda: nextweek(curdate, one_week))
dayframe.grid(row=1, column=1, padx=5)
dayframetest = ttk.Button(root, text="test", command=lambda: printdate(curdate))
dayframetest.grid(row=2, column=1, padx=5)
root.mainloop()

All the examples I saw so far use global variables, is there a way to do it without making curdate a global?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 71

Answers (1)

scotty3785
scotty3785

Reputation: 7006

It is generally better to use an Object Oriented approach to creating tkinter applications. I've taken your example and modified it so that the curdate is stored inside the App class.

N.B. I tested it on python3.

import sys
if sys.version_info[0] == 2:  # Just checking your Python version to import Tkinter properly.
    import Tkinter as tk
    import ttk as ttk
else:
    import tkinter as tk
    import tkinter.ttk as ttk
import datetime
import calendar

class App(tk.Frame):
    def __init__(self,master=None,**kw):
        tk.Frame.__init__(self,master=master,**kw)
        bls = ttk.Style()
        bls.configure('Black.TLabelframe', background="#222222")

        self.dayframe = ttk.Button(self, text="Hello", command= self.nextweek)
        self.dayframe.grid(row=1, column=1, padx=5)
        self.dayframetest = ttk.Button(self, text="test", command= self.printdate)
        self.dayframetest.grid(row=2, column=1, padx=5)

        self.curdate = datetime.date(2016, 1, 4)
        self.one_week = datetime.timedelta(weeks = 1)

    def nextweek(self):
        self.curdate = (self.curdate + self.one_week)

    def printdate(self):
        print(self.curdate)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    root = tk.Tk()
    App(root).grid()
    root.mainloop()

Upvotes: 2

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