Setting values of Tkinter variables –
1. Using variable’s constructor
Syntax:
var = Tkinter_variable(master, value = any_value)
Python3
# importing tkinter module from tkinter import * # creating Tk() variable # required by Tkinter classes master = Tk() # Tkinter variables # initialization using constructor intvar = IntVar(master, value = 25 , name = "2" ) strvar = StringVar(master, "Hello !" ) boolvar = BooleanVar(master, True ) doublevar = DoubleVar(master, 10.25 ) |
2. Using set() method
Syntax:
var = Tkinter_variable(master=None) var.set(value)
Python3
# importing tkinter module from tkinter import * # creating Tk() variable # required by Tkinter classes master = Tk() # Declaration of Tkinter variables intvar = IntVar() strvar = StringVar() boolvar = BooleanVar() doublevar = DoubleVar() # Initialization of Tkinter variables # using set() method intvar. set ( 100 ) strvar. set ( "GFG" ) boolvar. set ( False ) doublevar. set ( 10.36 ) |
3. Using setvar() method
Syntax:
var = Tkinter_variable(master = None, name = "NAME") master.setvar(name="NAME", value = any_value) NOTE: When using this method name parameter is required (mandatory).
Python3
# importing tkinter module from tkinter import * # creating Tk() variable # required by Tkinter classes master = Tk() # Tkinter variables # Giving user defined names to each variables # so that variables can be modified easily intvar = IntVar(master, name = "int" ) strvar = StringVar(master, name = "str" ) boolvar = BooleanVar(master, name = "bool" ) doublevar = DoubleVar(master, name = "float" ) # Setting values of variables # using setvar() method master.setvar(name = "int" , value = 100 ) master.setvar(name = "str" , value = "GFG" ) master.setvar(name = "bool" , value = False ) master.setvar(name = "float" , value = 1.236 ) |
Python | setting and retrieving values of Tkinter variable
Tkinter supports some variables which are used to manipulate the values of Tkinter widgets. These variables work like normal variables.
set() and get() methods are used to set and retrieve the values of these variables.
The values of these variables can be set using set() method or by using constructor of these variables.
There are 4 tkinter variables.
- BooleanVar()
- StringVar()
- IntVar()
- DoubleVar()