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Python tkinter (gui) example 'calc'
Modules used in program:
import math
calc
Python tkinter example: calc
#-*-coding: utf-8-*-
from Tkinter import *
import math
class calc:
def getandreplace(self):
self.expression = self.e.get()
self.newtext=self.expression.replace(self.newdiv,'/')
self.newtext=self.newtext.replace('x','*')
def equals(self):
self.getandreplace()
try:
self.value= eval(self.newtext) #evaluate the expression using the eval function
except SyntaxError or NameErrror:
self.e.delete(0,END)
self.e.insert(0,'Invalid Input!')
else:
self.e.delete(0,END)
self.e.insert(0,self.value)
def clearall(self):
self.e.delete(0,END)
def clear1(self):
self.txt=self.e.get()[:-1]
self.e.delete(0,END)
self.e.insert(0,self.txt)
def action(self,argi):
self.e.insert(END,argi)
def __init__(self,master):
master.title('Calulator')
master.geometry()
self.e = Entry(master)
self.e.grid(row=0,column=0,columnspan=6,pady=3)
self.e.focus_set() #Sets focus on the input text area
self.div='÷'
self.newdiv=self.div.decode('utf-8')
Button(master,text="=",width=10,command=lambda:self.equals()).grid(row=4, column=4,columnspan=2)
Button(master,text='AC',width=3,command=lambda:self.clearall()).grid(row=1, column=4)
Button(master,text='C',width=3,command=lambda:self.clear1()).grid(row=1, column=5)
Button(master,text="+",width=3,command=lambda:self.action('+')).grid(row=4, column=3)
Button(master,text="x",width=3,command=lambda:self.action('x')).grid(row=2, column=3)
Button(master,text="-",width=3,command=lambda:self.action('-')).grid(row=3, column=3)
Button(master,text="÷",width=3,command=lambda:self.action(self.newdiv)).grid(row=1, column=3)
Button(master,text="%",width=3,command=lambda:self.action('%')).grid(row=4, column=2)
Button(master,text="7",width=3,command=lambda:self.action('7')).grid(row=1, column=0)
Button(master,text="8",width=3,command=lambda:self.action(8)).grid(row=1, column=1)
Button(master,text="9",width=3,command=lambda:self.action(9)).grid(row=1, column=2)
Button(master,text="4",width=3,command=lambda:self.action(4)).grid(row=2, column=0)
Button(master,text="5",width=3,command=lambda:self.action(5)).grid(row=2, column=1)
Button(master,text="6",width=3,command=lambda:self.action(6)).grid(row=2, column=2)
Button(master,text="1",width=3,command=lambda:self.action(1)).grid(row=3, column=0)
Button(master,text="2",width=3,command=lambda:self.action(2)).grid(row=3, column=1)
Button(master,text="3",width=3,command=lambda:self.action(3)).grid(row=3, column=2)
Button(master,text="0",width=3,command=lambda:self.action(0)).grid(row=4, column=0)
Button(master,text=".",width=3,command=lambda:self.action('.')).grid(row=4, column=1)
Button(master,text="(",width=3,command=lambda:self.action('(')).grid(row=2, column=4)
Button(master,text=")",width=3,command=lambda:self.action(')')).grid(row=2, column=5)
#Main
root = Tk()
obj=calc(root) #object instantiated
root.mainloop()
Useful links
- Learn Tkinter: https://pythonbasics.org/tkinter/
- Wikipedia tkinter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tkinter