Python name errors

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I'm trying to learn python tkinter but a lot of the names (according to the documentation) in tkinter are giving me errors. I tried in eclipse with pydev and even though the editor tells me "tkinter.font" is fine it gives me an error when i run this:

import tkinter

print(tkinter.font)

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'font'

If i try this in IDLE it works but i tried some other names in IDLE such as scrolledtext, turtle, dnd and they give me attribute errors.

Can someone please help? this is driving me crazy.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-12 20:12:12Z

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tkinter.font is a module in the Tkinter package. This means that, normally, it is not imported when you do import tkinter.

To access tkinter.font, you have to explicitly import it:

>>> import tkinter
>>> tkinter.font
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'font'
>>>
>>> import tkinter.font
>>> tkinter.font
<module 'tkinter.font' from 'C:\\Python33\\lib\\tkinter\\font.py'>
>>>

For some reason however, tkinter.font is imported when you do import tkinter in IDLE. I don't know the reason for this, but I would guess that it is for convenience. Regardless, it would probably be best to always import tkinter.font (and similar modules) explicitly so that your code will work both inside and outside of IDLE.

edited Jan 12, 2014 at 20:12

answered Jan 12, 2014 at 19:49

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user3162693 Over a year ago

ohhh, for some reason i forgot that modules are not imported. i done dir(tkinter) in IDLE and seen font so i thought i could use it. I probably would have realised my mistake if IDLE hadn't confused me even more. I thought there was something wrong with my installation. Thanks.

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