[Tutor] Tkinter's Label

[Emeka]

Alan,

Thanks so much.

Is the below the standard way of checking the content of Label in "if"
statement?

 root = Tk()
label = Label(root , text = "pure")


if label["pure"] == "pure":


Regards,
Emeka

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>wrote:

>
> "Emeka" <emekamicro at gmail.com> wrote
>
>  in order to change "text" , I could do the this
>>
>> label[text] = "pool"
>>
>> I do know that there is something like this..
>>
>> label.configure(text = "pool")
>>
>
> For singlealue changes it's largely a matter of taste but I personally use
> the dictionary form for a single value change and configure() where I am
> changing multiple values at the same time. (Otherwise I'd need to have
> multiple lines changing one value each...)
>
> Thus, if the new label were very long and you wanted to change the width of
> the control to accomodate it you could do
>
> label.configure(text='a very long message indeed', width=50)
>
> HTH,
>
> --
> Alan Gauld
> Author of the Learn to Program web site
> http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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