Syntax error for "root = Tk()"

[dlwaddel]

I get a syntax error for "root = Tk()" and can't figure it out. I am running Python 3.12 under Windows 11. Here is the code:

>>> from tkinter import*
>>> import tkinter.filedialog, os, time, socket, binascii
>>>
>>> UDP_PORT = 50000
>>> sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
>>>
>>> # ----------------------------------
>>> #    User Interface
>>> #------------------------------------
>>> def close():
...     sock.close()
...     root.destroy()
...     root.quit()
...
... root = Tk()
File "<stdin>", line 6
    root = Tk()
    ^^^^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> root.title('Bootloader 2.1')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'root' is not defined

I am not a Python programmer, so have looked around. All instances I found show root = Tk() working just fine. Help will be appreciated!

Update!
I discovered that copying the program text and pasting it into the interpreter was causing the error. When I opened the file in a Python shell and ran it, the error does not occur. Duh!

Larz60+ write Jan-25-2024, 11:31 AM:
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