# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
r""" tkAskString.py uses TK to ask the user for a string & prints it out
Usage: ./tkAskString.py
Sample: ./tkAskString.py
see:
1. ["Example 2" - Python tkinter.simpledialog.askstring() Examples](https://www.programcreek.com/python/example/100669/tkinter.simpledialog.askstring)
2. [How do I get rid of Python Tkinter root window?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1406145/how-do-i-get-rid-of-python-tkinter-root-window)
3. [Tkinter Dialogs (Python3.10)](https://docs.python.org/3/library/dialog.html)
4. google: tkinter simpledialog set width | tkinter simpledialog keyword arguments
5. ["add extra tabs at the end of your prompt"](https://stackoverflow.com/a/69396488/601770)
"""
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import simpledialog
# root = tk.Tk()
def main():
root = tk.Tk()
root.withdraw()
uname = simpledialog.askstring("My Title", "Enter username:\t\t\t") # Tabs make it wide as i want
print(uname)
return uname
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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Python Main NUM_ARGS = 1
N.B. Replace ‘example’ with ‘myFileNameWITHOUT.py’ creates a RUNNING Python Program.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
r"""example.py DoesSomethingTo INFILEPATH (FILE CONTENTS DESCRIPTION) Producing FILL_IN_HERE
Usage: ./example.py INFILENAME
Sample: ./example.py myInFileName
"""
import sys, os, fnmatch, shutil, json
def example(infilename):
indirpath = 'outPDFparseJSON'
infilepath = os.path.join(indirpath, infilename)
infilename_root, infilename_ext = os.path.splitext(infilename)
print()
print (infilepath)
print (indirpath)
print (infilename)
print (infilename_root)
print (infilename_ext)
outdirpath = 'outPyObjList'
outfilename = infilename_root + '_filled' + infilename_ext
outfilepath = os.path.join(indirpath, outfilename)
print(outfilepath)
NUM_ARGS = 1
def main():
args = sys.argv[1:]
if len(args) != NUM_ARGS or "-h" in args or "--help" in args:
print (__doc__)
sys.exit(2)
example(args[0])
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()