tkinter : tackling import for python 2 and 3

tkinter is the integrated GUI package in python. It has had an import naming change in python 3. This is the main hindrance in making tkinter codes run on python 3 or vice versa. fortunately the fix is a simple one

Some syntax

in python 2 we imported as :

import Tkinter

and in python 3 we import as :

import tkinter

notice the T in py2

The fix

Here is a tip for cross platforming :

try:
 import tkinter
except ImportError:
 import Tkinter

What it does

it imports the py3 version, if ok, it continues if no … it imports the python2 version, simple !