Tkinter Entry .get from a definition

Question

I keep getting a none Type attribute error and idk how to fix it as i looked on many videos and none helped. i don't know what I'm doing wrong. any help is appreciated!

from tkinter import *

def find():
    user = whiteBox.get()
    print(user)
root = Tk()
weatherResult = StringVar()
weatherResult.set("Enter a Place")

weather = Label(root, textvariable=weatherResult).pack()
whiteBox = Entry(root).pack()
check = Button(root, text="find", command=find).pack()
root.mainloop()

Does this answers your question? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1101750/tkinter-attributeerror-nonetype-object-has-no-attribute-attribute-name — Thingamabobs, Jun 30 '20 at 14:45
Could you please accept my answer if it helped you? You can accept another answer later if it is better than mine. — 10 Rep, Jun 30 '20 at 14:47
@Atlas435 Ya :). But I'm just saying in case there is another answer that comes along with more detail. — 10 Rep, Jun 30 '20 at 14:52

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 30 '20 at 14:44

You are making a very common mistake. The value of your widget will be a NoneType, because you are using .pack on the same line.

So, your code:

from tkinter import *

def find():
    user = whiteBox.get()
    print(user)
root = Tk()
weatherResult = StringVar()
weatherResult.set("Enter a Place")

weather = Label(root, textvariable=weatherResult).pack()
whiteBox = Entry(root)
whiteBox.pack()
check = Button(root, text="find", command=find).pack()
root.mainloop()

This should be the result you want. Hope this helps!

Tkinter Entry .get from a definition

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