Update Label in action event
#!/usr/bin/env python from Tkinter import * import math root = Tk() top = Frame(root) top.pack(side='top') hwframe = Frame(top) hwframe.pack(side='top') font = 'times 18 bold' hwtext = Label(hwframe, text='Hello, World!', font=font) hwtext.pack(side='top', pady=20) rframe = Frame(top) rframe.pack(side='top', padx=10, pady=20) r_label = Label(rframe, text='The sine of') r_label.pack(side='left') r_entry = Entry(rframe, width=6) r_entry.pack(side='left') r_entry.insert('end', '1.2') def comp_s(event=None): r = float(r_entry.get()) s = math.sin(r) s_label.configure(text='%g' % s) r_entry.bind('<Return>', comp_s) compute = Button(rframe, text=' equals ', command=comp_s, relief='flat') compute.pack(side='left') s_label = Label(rframe, width=12) s_label.pack(side='left') def quit(event=None): root.destroy() quit_button = Button(top, text='Goodbye, GUI World!', command=quit, background='yellow', foreground='blue') quit_button.pack(side='top', pady=5, fill='x') root.bind('<q>', quit) root.mainloop()