textinput() equivalent in python 2.x

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I need to accept info from the user in python's turtle. however the turtle.textinput function only works in versions 3.x and upwards is there an alternative I can use in version 2.X ?

Lennart Regebro · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-20 20:19:29Z

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This is what textinput actually does:

import tkSimpleDialog
tkSimpleDialog.askstring('title', 'prompt')

It requires you to have a turtle screen open, of course.

answered Nov 20, 2013 at 20:19

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Jam-blue Over a year ago

thank you very much this worked perfectly. and after checking python.py I realised that this is the same function it calls (y)

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