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Search string in Text

from Tkinter import * root = Tk() fram = Frame(root) Label(fram,text='Text to find:').pack(side=LEFT) edit = Entry(fram) edit.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH, expand=1) edit.focus_set() butt = Button(fram, text='Find') butt.pack(side=RIGHT) fram.pack(side=TOP) text = Text(root) text.insert('1.0','''Search text                     Here                   ''') text.pack(side=BOTTOM) def find():     text.tag_remove('found', '1.0', END)     s = edit.get()     if s:         idx = '1.0'         while 1:             idx = text.search(s, idx, nocase=1, stopindex=END)             if not idx: break             lastidx = '%s+%dc' % (idx, len(s))             text.tag_add('found', idx, lastidx)             idx = lastidx         text.tag_config('found', foreground='red')     edit.focus_set() butt.config(command=find) root.mainloop()