I can't figure out how to return a value from a function called by a bound button.
I want the equivalent of this:
call_function = function()
def function():
return 'this'
print call_function
and have call_function = 'this'
but to work with something like this:
call_function_button.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, class_object.function)
You're not really thinking in an event oriented way. When the button event is called, it doesn't return something useful. Instead, you'll want to make the call_function variable into an instance variable: self.call_function. Then you can set it inside the button handler. Here's one way to do it:
import random
import wx
########################################################################
class Panel(wx.Panel):
""""""
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def __init__(self, parent):
"""Constructor"""
wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent)
self.call_function = None
self.choices = ["this", "that", "something", "other", "python"]
btn = wx.Button(self, label="Change Variable Value")
btn.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.onButton)
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def onButton(self, event):
"""
Change the value of self.call_function
"""
self.call_function = random.choice(self.choices)
print self.call_function
########################################################################
class Frame(wx.Frame):
""""""
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def __init__(self):
"""Constructor"""
wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, title="Return value")
panel = Panel(self)
self.Show()
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = wx.App(False)
frame = Frame()
app.MainLoop()
Note that I'm randomly assigning various values to it instead of just the one. You can assign whatever you want to it. Then in your next function call, you can access it via self.call_function
