in this function i want to be able to use the cursor and delete in the middle of a number. how do i get the value of anchor or insert? i want to write: e.delete(pos-1,pos)
def Backspace(): a=len(e.get()) e.delete(a-1,END) #e.delete(INSERT, END) #e.delete(ANCHOR,END) the complete program: from __future__ import division import Tkinter from Tkinter import * mygui = Tkinter.Tk() mygui.title("Calculator") l = Label(mygui, text="Answer: ") l.place(relx=0.15, rely=0.2, anchor=CENTER) e = Entry(mygui) e.place(relx=0.48, rely=0.1, anchor=CENTER, width=173) c = Entry(mygui) c.place(relx=0.6, rely=0.2, anchor=CENTER) def Disp(nstr): e.insert(INSERT, nstr) def Calc(): expr=e.get() c.delete(0, END) try: c.insert(END, eval(expr)) except: c.insert(END, "Not computable") def Erase(): e.delete(0,END) c.delete(0, END) def Backspace(): a=len(e.get()) e.delete(a-1,END) #e.delete(INSERT, END) #e.delete(ANCHOR,END) x = 0.1 y = 0.4 for char in '123+456-789*0()/.': b = Button(mygui, text=char, command=lambda n=char:Disp(n), width=2, height=1) b.place(relx=x, rely=y, anchor=CENTER) x=x+0.1 if x==0.5: x=0.1 y=y+0.1 b = Button(mygui, text="^", command=lambda n="**":Disp(n), width=2, height=1) b.place(relx=0.2, rely=0.8, anchor=CENTER) b = Button(mygui, text="C",command=Erase, width=2, height=1) b.place(relx=0.3, rely=0.8, anchor=CENTER) b = Button(mygui, text="c",command=Backspace, width=2, height=1) b.place(relx=0.4, rely=0.8, anchor=CENTER) b = Button(mygui, text="=",command=Calc, width=12, height=1) b.place(relx=0.25, rely=0.9, anchor=CENTER) mygui.mainloop() -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list