Pass output of function to text / code box?

[fiddybux]

Is this possible with easygui. I've been trying to find a way, but without much success yet.

All I want to do is keep the output of my py code inside easygui, without displaying results in the terminal from which the py script was invoked.

Thanks.

[zadacka]

Hi @fiddybux , I don't quite understand your problem.

You have a text box or a code box. You (the user) enters some value into that box. What do you want to do with the return value (the user entered value)? If you store it as a variable then you can use it within Python, or pass it through to a new box as desired. You don't have to print it to console, or lose it.

Could you provide a code segment, or additional description of the scenario, to help me understand it please?

[fiddybux]

Hi,

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Working in Python 3.4.2, I'm trying to count 0 and 1 characters in a short test file that looks like this, and present it in easygui:

0 00 1111

As requested, here is a code snippet. At the moment, I'm getting the error:

Exception when trying to convert <class 'tuple'> to text in self.textArea

The code:

import easygui

msg_a = ("Print file contents first (y/n)?") title_a = "Please Confirm" msg_b = ("Character count results...") title_b = "Result"

input_file = open('', 'r') file_content = input_file.read() input_file.close()

x = file_content.count('0') y = file_content.count('1')

if easygui.ynbox(msg_a, title_a): pass easygui.codebox('', '', (file_content, ("\n"), x, ("\n"), y)) else: easygui.codebox(msg_b, title_b, (x, ("\n"), y))

If I run the same code but without the easygui elements, with added print lines for x and y, it works fine.

For example:

input_file = open('', 'r') file_content = input_file.read() input_file.close()

x = file_content.count('0') y = file_content.count('1')

print("Print x:", x) print("Print y:", y)

Here, I get the expected result of 3 zero's and 4 one's, as per my test file, but naturally only within the python interpreter.

I can pass simple strings into easygui, as such ('hammer' and 'time'):

import easygui

msg_a = ("Print file contents first (y/n)?") title_a = "Please Confirm" msg_b = ("Just print hammer time...") title_b = "Result"

input_file = open('/home/russell/Dropbox/python/coding' '/01vshort.txt', 'r') file_content = input_file.read() input_file.close()

x = 'hammer' y = 'time'

if easygui.ynbox(msg_a, title_a): pass easygui.codebox('', '', (file_content, ("\n"), x, ("\n"), y)) else: easygui.codebox(msg_b, title_b, (x, ("\n"), y))

I've put about 6 hours into this today. Where am I going wrong?

Thanks.

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Hi @fiddybux https://github.com/fiddybux , I don't quite understand your problem.

You have a text box or a code box. You (the user) enters some value into that box. What do you want to do with the return value (the user entered value)? If you store it as a variable then you can use it within Python, or pass it through to a new box as desired. You don't have to print it to console, or lose it.

Could you provide a code segment, or additional description of the scenario, to help me understand it please?

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[zadacka]

Away from a computer at the moment, but I suspect the problem is that you are trying to pass the codebox a tuple for the text argument where it expects a string. So from this: easygui.codebox(msg_b, title_b, (x, ("\n"), y))

I think that the problem is that the third arg (x, ("\n"), y) should be a string. Try replacing it with: easygui.codebox( msg_b, title_b, str(x) + "\n" + str(y) ) And see if that works. If not I can check this later when I get my hands back on my laptop.

[fiddybux]

Actually, you're right!

I thought I'd tried every possible iteration to get this to work. Turns out I stipulated str in my code everywhere except within the easygui lines.

Thank you! Learned a lot today.

I've only been learning python for 6 weeks.

Now I can get on and implement easygui more widely in my coding practice.

Thanks again. You're a star!

On 26 September 2017 at 14:50, zadacka notifications@github.com wrote:

Away from a computer at the moment, but I suspect the problem is that you are trying to pass the codebox a tulle for the text argument where it expects a string. So from this: easygui.codebox(msg_b, title_b, (x, ("\n"), y)) I think that the problem is that the third arg (x, ("\n"), y) should be a string. Try replacing it with: easygui.codebox( msg_b, title_b, str(x) + "\n" + str(y) ) And see if that works. If not I can check this later when I get my hands back on my laptop. On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 14:39, fiddybux notifications@github.com wrote: Hi,

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Working in Python 3.4.2, I'm trying to count 0 and 1 characters in a short test file that looks like this, and present it in easygui:

0 00 1111

As requested, here is a code snippet. At the moment, I'm getting the error:

Exception when trying to convert <class 'tuple'> to text in self.textArea

The code:

import easygui

msg_a = ("Print file contents first (y/n)?") title_a = "Please Confirm" msg_b = ("Character count results...") title_b = "Result"

input_file = open('', 'r') file_content = input_file.read() input_file.close()

x = file_content.count('0') y = file_content.count('1')

if easygui.ynbox(msg_a, title_a): pass easygui.codebox('', '', (file_content, ("\n"), x, ("\n"), y)) else: easygui.codebox(msg_b, title_b, (x, ("\n"), y))

If I run the same code but without the easygui elements, with added print lines for x and y, it works fine.

For example:

input_file = open('', 'r') file_content = input_file.read() input_file.close()

x = file_content.count('0') y = file_content.count('1')

print("Print x:", x) print("Print y:", y)

Here, I get the expected result of 3 zero's and 4 one's, as per my test file, but naturally only within the python interpreter.

I can pass simple strings into easygui, as such ('hammer' and 'time'):

import easygui

msg_a = ("Print file contents first (y/n)?") title_a = "Please Confirm" msg_b = ("Just print hammer time...") title_b = "Result"

input_file = open('/home/russell/Dropbox/python/coding' '/01vshort.txt', 'r') file_content = input_file.read() input_file.close()

x = 'hammer' y = 'time'

if easygui.ynbox(msg_a, title_a): pass easygui.codebox('', '', (file_content, ("\n"), x, ("\n"), y)) else: easygui.codebox(msg_b, title_b, (x, ("\n"), y))

I've put about 6 hours into this today. Where am I going wrong?

Thanks.

On 25 September 2017 at 22:20, zadacka notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi @fiddybux https://github.com/fiddybux , I don't quite understand your problem.

You have a text box or a code box. You (the user) enters some value into that box. What do you want to do with the return value (the user entered value)? If you store it as a variable then you can use it within Python, or pass it through to a new box as desired. You don't have to print it to console, or lose it.

Could you provide a code segment, or additional description of the scenario, to help me understand it please?

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[zadacka]

No problem. I think that the issue was that: (x, ("\n"), y) is a tuple whereas str(x) + "\n" + str(y) is a string. A nicer way to do this might be to format your string with .format() like: '{number_of_zeros}\n{number_of_ones}'.format(number_of_zeros=x, number_of_ones=y).

In any case, happy to help and hope that EasyGUI continues to be useful for you :)