How do I convert an Enty in tkinter into a string or an integer in Python

Question

I keep trying to convert an entry and it keeps saying

TypeError: int() argument must be a string or a number, not 'Entry'

Here is part of my program:

self.answers = Entry(self)
self.answers.grid(row = 5, column = 3, sticky = W)

def update_text(self):
    answers = self.answers
    answer = int(answers)
    if self.answer > the_number:
        answer =("Lower...")
    else:
        answer =("Higher...")
    tries += 1

I tried value = answers.get() and now its says

NameError: global name 'answers' is not defined

Answer 1

You need to get the entry's value:

value = answers.get()

This should return whatever string happens to be in the entry field when it is called.