#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Tk; use Devel::Peek; my $val = 0.20; my $mw = 'MainWindow'->new; $mw->Button( -text => "\n Characteristics \n", -command => \&room, )->pack(-fill => "x"); $mw->Button( -text => "\n Calculate \n", -background => "red", -command => \&design, )->pack(-fill => "x"); MainLoop(); sub room { my $roomTl = $mw->Toplevel; $roomTl->Entry( -textvariable => \$val, )->pack(-fill => 'x'); } sub design { my $Uf = 13; my $Uw = $val * $Uf; # HERE print Dump($val), "\t Uf = $Uf \t val = ${\$val} \t Uw = $Uw \n"; }