I want to save an input from my GUI in a textfile, using TKinter. how can I save to text file from entries

Question

def submit(self):
    if get1 =="":
        print('please input a name')
    else:
        with open('users.txt',"a") as f:
            f.write(get1)
        f.close()

users.txt is my file, and namee as you can see below is the Entry variable, all with tkinter

self.namee = Entry(frame)
self.namee.grid(row=7,column=1)

this is the entry i have made

get1 = self.namee.get()

this is the getter i have made:

self.submit = Button(frame, text="Submit",command=self.submit)
self.submit.grid(row = 26, column=0, sticky=W)

and this is the button to run the function the start the if statement

You've told us what you want, but not what you need help with. There's no question in your question. Have you worked through a tkinter tutorial, and have you read the documentation for Entry and other widgets? — Bryan Oakley, Apr 25 '17 at 14:01
The answers to this question should be useful http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9815063/get-contents-of-a-tkinter-entry-widget — j_4321, Apr 25 '17 at 14:30
i have now edited the code again using the links provided and when i click the submit button apparently the entry is empty as nothing goes into my 'users.txt' file — Daniel G, Apr 25 '17 at 14:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 25 '17 at 14:56

You aren't getting the value of entry field inside your submit function. Try this

def submit(self):
    get1 = self.namee.get()
    if get1 =="":
        print('please input a name')
    else:
        with open('users.txt',"a") as f:
            f.write(get1)
        #f.close() # Not needed, with closes f for you.

I want to save an input from my GUI in a textfile, using TKinter. how can I save to text file from entries

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