🔒 returning a value from a nested function

[sterile pollen]

    def get_file_name():
      file_name = ""
      # Button action function
      def on_enter():
          global file_name
          file_name = entry.get()
          return file_name
  
      # Create main window
      root = tk.Tk()
      root.title("Tkinter Layout Example")
      root.geometry("350x100")
  
      # Create and place the label
      label = ttk.Label(root, text="Enter your text:", font=("Arial, 16"))
      label.pack(pady=(10, 5))  # Padding: 10px top, 5px bottom
  
      # Create a frame for the entry and button
      frame = ttk.Frame(root)
      frame.pack(pady=5, padx=10, fill=tk.X)
  
      # Create and place the entry field
      entry = ttk.Entry(frame)
      entry.pack(side=tk.LEFT, expand=True, fill=tk.X, padx=(0, 5))  # Expands to take available space
  
      # Create and place the enter button
      enter_button = ttk.Button(frame, text="Enter", command=on_enter)
      enter_button.pack(side=tk.RIGHT)
  
      # Run the application
      root.mainloop()

I'm importing this function to a seperate file, and i want it to work such that when on_enter is called, the get_file_name will return the same as what on_enter returned

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@sterile pollen

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[sterile pollen]

i think the indenting got messed up on discord but its all properly indented in my editor

[manic escarp]

why did you define a function inside a function?

[sterile pollen]

its tkinter, in my main file i have it such that once i press a button, another tkinter window opens

so the get_file_name opens a new tkinter window

and the nested function is a button command of that window

if that makes sense

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