Fellow monks,
I am delving into Tk in an attempt to teach a child multiplication tables. My idea was:
  1. Use a scale from 1 to 12 to select times tables being tested.
  2. Generate question and answer box.
  3. Get answer.
  4. Check answer.
  5. Compute score.
  6. Regenerate question and answer box...

I am not familiar with the 'flow' of widgets and windows which makes it hard for me to generate code. Could some kind monks please help me? Here is what I have so far: 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;
use Tk;

#flashcards for multiplication tables
#Neil H watson
#Tue Jul 15 20:24:47 EDT 2003

#upper time table limit
my $scale; 
my $table; 
my ($score, $guess, $num1, $num2, $answer);

#define main window
my $mw = MainWindow->new;
$mw->title("Times Table");

#scale to select upper limit (up to 12)
$mw->Scale(-from => 1,
           -to => 12,
           -variable => \$scale)->pack(-side => 'left');

question();

#guess widget
$mw->Entry(-width => 3,
           -takefocus => 1,
           -textvariable => \$guess)->pack(-side => 'right');

#question widget
$mw->Label(-text => "$num1 X $num2 =")->pack(-side => 'right');

#checking
if ($answer == $guess) {
    $score++
}else{
    $score--
}

MainLoop;

sub question {
    $table = $scale->get();
    $num1 = int(rand($table)+1);
    $num2 = int(rand(12)+1);
    $answer = $num1*$num2;
}

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It doesn't do alot at this point (very rough code). Here are my questions:

  1. The get is not working. How do I get the value of the scale at any given time?
  2. After the user enters and answer and hits enter, how do I get the window to checks answers, compute scores and generate a new question?

Neil Watson
watson-wilson.ca

In reply to Newbie Perl/Tk help by neilwatson

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