Problem with calling functions with tkinter

from tkinter import *
from random import *


root = Tk()

#A function to create the turn for the current player. The current player isnt in this code as it is not important
def turn():
window = Tk()
dice = Button(window, text="Roll the dice!", bg= "white", command=lambda:diceAction(window))
dice.pack()
window.mainloop()

#a function to simulate a dice. It kills the function turn.
def diceAction(window):
result = Tk()
y = randint(1, 6)
quitButton = Button(result, text="Ok!", bg="white", command=result.destroy)
quitButton.pack()
window.destroy()
result.mainloop()


#A function to create the playing field and to start the game
def main():
label1 = Button(root, text="hi", bg="black")

label1.pack()


while 1:
turn()
print("Hi")
turn()


main()

root.mainloop()


My problem is that the code in the while function after the first turn() the code isnt executed until i close the root window(which i dont want because it represents the playing field). You can copy this code and execute it yourself if you want.

I have no idea what causes this and havent found anything online. Sorry for the long code but i wrote it so that it is executeable.

1 Answer
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I don't know why this particular problem is occurring, but there are a couple of things in your code that are considered bad practice.
Instead of creating multiple instances of Tk(), you should use Toplevel widgets for any pop-up windows needed. Also, it's better to use root.mainloop() to run the program rather than a while loop.

I've made some edits to your code so that it uses a Toplevel widget and discards of the while loop.

from tkinter import *
from random import *


#A function to create the turn for the current player. The current player isnt in this code as it is not important
def turn(prev=None):
# destroy the previous turn
if prev:
prev.destroy()

# pop up with dice
window = Toplevel()
dice = Button(window, text="Roll the dice!", bg= "white")
dice.config(command=lambda b=dice, w=window:diceAction(b, w))
dice.pack()


#a function to simulate a dice, reconfigures the pop-up
def diceAction(button, window):
# roll dice
y = randint(1, 6)
# use dice result here?
print(y)

# reconfigure button, the command now starts a new turn
button.config(text='ok', command=lambda w=window:turn(prev=w))




root = Tk()

# I hijacked this button to use as a start button
label1 = Button(root, text="hi", bg="black", command=turn)
label1.pack()

root.mainloop()


I don't know if this is what you need, but it functions as the code in the question would if it worked.
Sorry I couldn't help with the cause of the error.

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