[Tkinter] Loop Counter for OptionMenu Creation

[JP_ROMANO]

Hello,

I have a Tkinter script which creates 15 instances of some entry boxes and two optionmenu widgets (all with the same lists). I know it's not the right way to to it, and am pretty sure sure there is a better way to set everything up than repeating all the code 15 times (which is what I did just to get the app completed on schedule).

I would think something like below might work:

import tkinter as tk
optionsx = ["Select a Category","Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3"]
for n in range(1,16):
    Category(n) = tk.StringVar(root)
    Category(n).set(optionsx[0])

Which the optimist in me expected to produce:

Category1 = tk.StringVar(root)
Category2 = tk.StringVar(root)
Category3 = tk.StringVar(root)
...
Category1.set(optionsx[0])
Category2.set(optionsx[0])
Category3.set(optionsx[0])
...

But I'm getting the error

SyntaxError: can't assign to function call

Am I wrong in assuming that there is way to do this without repeating the same things 15 times?

Thank you for any input!