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Help on drawing a shape and slider
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(Aug-22-2019, 03:20 PM)Denni Wrote: Okay perhaps I am not understanding something here but I have a basic issue with this as it appears to be a circular reference and even if it is not it is very confusing code.

scale = Scale(... command = mod_calc)

def mod_calc(w1) :
    slider_value = scale.get()
It appears your mod_calc is defined using scale and your scale is defined using mod_calc begging the question -- which comes first the chicken or the egg

mod_calc is an event handler function, it is called when the slider value changes.
scale has a reference to the scale widget, it is not a function, calling scale.get() is just using its get method.

it is not actually necessary to call scale.get() because the event passes the sliders value to the event handler function.
def mod_calc(w1) :
    slider_value = scale.get()
could be changed to
def mod_calc(w1) :
    slider_value = w1
or remove that line completely
def mod_calc(slider_value) :
    
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Messages In This Thread
Help on drawing a shape and slider - by mnh001 - Aug-20-2019, 09:19 PM
RE: Help on drawing a shape and slider - by Yoriz - Aug-20-2019, 10:08 PM
RE: Help on drawing a shape and slider - by mnh001 - Aug-21-2019, 10:36 AM
RE: Help on drawing a shape and slider - by mnh001 - Aug-21-2019, 08:50 PM
RE: Help on drawing a shape and slider - by Denni - Aug-21-2019, 09:53 PM
RE: Help on drawing a shape and slider - by mnh001 - Aug-22-2019, 11:27 AM
RE: Help on drawing a shape and slider - by Denni - Aug-22-2019, 03:20 PM
RE: Help on drawing a shape and slider - by Yoriz - Aug-22-2019, 04:52 PM
RE: Help on drawing a shape and slider - by mnh001 - Aug-22-2019, 07:09 PM
RE: Help on drawing a shape and slider - by Denni - Aug-22-2019, 07:29 PM
RE: Help on drawing a shape and slider - by mnh001 - Aug-22-2019, 07:51 PM
RE: Help on drawing a shape and slider - by Denni - Aug-22-2019, 08:40 PM
RE: Help on drawing a shape and slider - by mnh001 - Aug-22-2019, 11:21 PM

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