Error in a minimal tkSimpleDialog example

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I was trying out a python code example at Rosetta Code - a programming chrestomathy site, where solutions to the same task are presented in as many different programming languages as possible. For this task, the goal is to input a string and the integer 75000, from graphical user interface. The code is shown below: ``` import tkSimpleDialog number = tkSimpleDialog.askinteger("Integer", "Enter a Number") string = tkSimpleDialog.askstring("String", "Enter a String") ``` However, when I try to run the code, I get the following error: ``` Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\vix\Documents\.cache\GUIexample.py", line 3, in <module> number = tkSimpleDialog.askinteger("Integer", "Enter a Number") File "C:\Python27\lib\lib-tk	kSimpleDialog.py", line 262, in askinteger d = _QueryInteger(title, prompt, **kw) File "C:\Python27\lib\lib-tk	kSimpleDialog.py", line 189, in __init__ Dialog.__init__(self, parent, title) File "C:\Python27\lib\lib-tk	kSimpleDialog.py", line 53, in __init…

Accepted Answer

The error message is telling you that the dialog needs a parent window.

With Python 2.x, you create the root window with:

```
import tkinter
from tkinter import simpledialog
root = tkinter.Tk()
```

To hide the root window if you don't want it, use:

```
root.withdraw()
```

See the Python Tkinter Docs for more info.

Error in a minimal tkSimpleDialog example

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