so i tried adding a defintion for the reset command but it doesn't seemed like it works
other method was moving the defintion around the localfunction which didn't work and also affects other elements

# Guessing Game
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
import random
number = random.randrange (100) + 1
tries = 0
class Application(Frame):
    """ GUI application which can retrieve an auto number to guess. """ 
    def __init__(self, master):
        """ Initialize the frame. """
        Frame.__init__(self, master)
        self.grid()
        self.create_widgets()

    def create_widgets(self):

        """ Player Name """         
        # Create label for name    
        self.name_lbl = Label(self, text = "Player Name: ")
        self.name_lbl.grid(row = 1, column = 0, sticky = W)

        # Create entry widget to accept name      
        self.name_ent = Entry(self)
        self.name_ent.grid(row = 1, column = 1, sticky = E)
        """ Guess Input """ 
        # Create label for entering Guess  
        self.guess_lbl = Label(self, text = "Enter your Guess:")
        self.guess_lbl.grid(row = 2, column = 0, sticky = W)
        # Create entry widget to accept Guess  
        self.guess_ent = Entry(self)
        self.guess_ent.grid(row = 2, column = 1, sticky = E)
        # Create a space  
        self.gap1_lbl = Label(self, text = " ")
        self.gap1_lbl.grid(row = 3, column = 0, sticky = W)

        """ Submit Button """ 
        # Create submit button
        self.submit_bttn = ttk.Button(self, text = "Submit", command = self.reveal)
        self.submit_bttn.grid(row = 6, column = 0, sticky = W)
        # Create a space  
        self.gap2_lbl = Label(self, text = " ")
        self.gap2_lbl.grid(row = 7, column = 0, sticky = W)

        """ RESET """
        # Create Reset button
        self.reset_bttn = ttk.Button(self, text = "Reset", command = self.reset)
        self.reset_bttn.grid(row = 6, column = 1, sticky = E)

        """ Display """
        # Create text widget to display welcome_msg #
        self.display1_txt = Text(self, width = 45, height = 1, wrap = WORD)
        self.display1_txt.grid(row = 8, column = 0, columnspan = 2, sticky = E)
        # Create text widget to display guess_msg
        self.display2_txt = Text(self, width = 45, height = 1, wrap = WORD)
        self.display2_txt.grid(row = 9, column = 0, columnspan = 2, sticky = E)
        # Create text widget to display result_msg
        self.display3_txt = Text(self, width = 45, height = 2, wrap = WORD)
        self.display3_txt.grid(row = 10, column = 0, columnspan = 2, sticky = E)
        # Create text widget to display tries_msg
        self.display4_txt = Text(self, width = 45, height = 2, wrap = WORD)
        self.display4_txt.grid(row = 11, column = 0, columnspan = 2, sticky = E)

    def reveal(self):
        global tries
        name = self.name_ent.get()
        guess = self.guess_ent.get()
        if int(guess) > int(number):
            result_msg = "Lower ..."
            tries += 1
        elif int(guess) < int(number):
                result_msg = "Higher..."
                tries += 1
        elif int(guess) == int(number):
                    result_msg = "You got it!!!"
                    tries+= 1

        welcome_msg = "Welcome " + name 
        guess_msg = " Your guess was: " + guess
        tries_msg = "You have had " + str(tries) + " tries."

        if tries > 10:                
            welcome_msg = "End of Game."
            guess_msg = "You had too many tires. Come back later and try again."
            result_msg = " "
            tries_msg = " "

        # Display
        self.display1_txt.delete(0.0, END)
        self.display1_txt.insert(0.0, welcome_msg)
        self.display2_txt.delete(0.0, END)
        self.display2_txt.insert(0.0, guess_msg)
        self.display3_txt.delete(0.0, END)
        self.display3_txt.insert(0.0, result_msg)
        self.display4_txt.delete(0.0, END)
        self.display4_txt.insert(0.0, tries_msg)

    def reset(self):
        global number
        number = random.randrange (100) + 1
        result_msg = "Game reset. Start guessing!!!"

# Main manager
root = Tk()
root.title("Guessing Game")
root.geometry("365x225")
app = Application(root)
root.mainloop()

def reset(self):
global number
number = random.randrange (100) + 1
result_msg = "game reset. start guessing"

this is the def i want to implement

You can write the reset function like this

    def reset(self):
        global number, tries
        number = random.randrange (100) + 1
        result_msg = "Game reset. Start guessing!!!"
        tries = 0
        self.update_display(guess='', result=result_msg, tries='')

where the update_display() method fills the Text widgets

    def update_display(self, **kwargs):
        for key, display in self.display_map.items():
            if key in kwargs:
                display.delete(0.0, END)
                display.insert(0.0, kwargs[key])

For this to work, you need to build a dictionary at the end of the create_widgets() method

        self.display_map = {
            'welcome': self.display1_txt,
            'guess': self.display2_txt,
            'result': self.display3_txt,
            'tries': self.display4_txt,
        }

You can then replace lines 87-95 in your code with

        # Display
        self.update_display(
            welcome=welcome_msg, guess=guess_msg,
            result=result_msg, tries=tries_msg)

Many things can be improved, for example you could have a list of text widgets instead of display1_txt ....

and where shoud i put the def reset function?

Well exactly where you put this function in the above code.

is this right? sorry i am not too sure on this stuff

# Guessing Game
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
import random
number = random.randrange (100) + 1
tries = 0
class Application(Frame):
    """ GUI application which can retrieve an auto number to guess. """ 
    def __init__(self, master):
        """ Initialize the frame. """
        Frame.__init__(self, master)
        self.grid()
        self.create_widgets()

    def create_widgets(self):

        """ Player Name """         
        # Create label for name    
        self.name_lbl = Label(self, text = "Player Name: ")
        self.name_lbl.grid(row = 1, column = 0, sticky = W)

        # Create entry widget to accept name      
        self.name_ent = Entry(self)
        self.name_ent.grid(row = 1, column = 1, sticky = E)
        """ Guess Input """ 
        # Create label for entering Guess  
        self.guess_lbl = Label(self, text = "Enter your Guess:")
        self.guess_lbl.grid(row = 2, column = 0, sticky = W)
        # Create entry widget to accept Guess  
        self.guess_ent = Entry(self)
        self.guess_ent.grid(row = 2, column = 1, sticky = E)
        # Create a space  
        self.gap1_lbl = Label(self, text = " ")
        self.gap1_lbl.grid(row = 3, column = 0, sticky = W)

        """ Submit Button """ 
        # Create submit button
        self.submit_bttn = ttk.Button(self, text = "Submit", command = self.reveal)
        self.submit_bttn.grid(row = 6, column = 0, sticky = W)
        # Create a space  
        self.gap2_lbl = Label(self, text = " ")
        self.gap2_lbl.grid(row = 7, column = 0, sticky = W)

        self.reset_bttn = ttk.Button(self, text = "Reset", command = self.reset)
        self.reset_bttn.grid(row = 6, column = 0, sticky = E)

        """ Display """
        # Create text widget to display welcome_msg #
        self.display1_txt = Text(self, width = 45, height = 1, wrap = WORD)
        self.display1_txt.grid(row = 8, column = 0, columnspan = 2, sticky = E)
        # Create text widget to display guess_msg
        self.display2_txt = Text(self, width = 45, height = 1, wrap = WORD)
        self.display2_txt.grid(row = 9, column = 0, columnspan = 2, sticky = E)
        # Create text widget to display result_msg
        self.display3_txt = Text(self, width = 45, height = 2, wrap = WORD)
        self.display3_txt.grid(row = 10, column = 0, columnspan = 2, sticky = E)
        # Create text widget to display tries_msg
        self.display4_txt = Text(self, width = 45, height = 2, wrap = WORD)
        self.display4_txt.grid(row = 11, column = 0, columnspan = 2, sticky = E)
        self.display_map = {
            'welcome': self.display1_txt,
            'guess': self.display2_txt,
            'result': self.display3_txt,
            'tries': self.display_txt,
            }   

    def update_display(slef, **kwargs):
        for key, display in self.display_map.items():
            if key in kwargs:
                display.delete(0.0, END)
                display.insert(0.0, kwargs[key])

    def reveal(self):
        global tries
        name = self.name_ent.get()
        guess = self.guess_ent.get()
        if int(guess) > int(number):
            result_msg = "Lower ..."
            tries += 1
        elif int(guess) < int(number):
                result_msg = "Higher..."
                tries += 1
        elif int(guess) == int(number):
                    result_msg = "You got it!!!"
                    tries+= 1

        welcome_msg = "Welcome " + name 
        guess_msg = " Your guess was: " + guess
        tries_msg = "You have had " + str(tries) + " tries."

        if tries > 10:                
            welcome_msg = "End of Game."
            guess_msg = "You had too many tires. Come back later and try again."
            result_msg = " "
            tries_msg = " "

        # Display
        self.update_display(
            welcome=welcome_msg, guess=guess_msg, result=result_msg, tries=tries_msg)

    def reset(self):
        global number, tries
        number = random.randrange (100) + 1
        result_msg = "Game reset. Start guessing!!!"
        tries = 0
        self.update_display(guess='', result=result_msg, tries='')    

# Main manager
root = Tk()
root.title("Guessing Game")
root.geometry("365x225")
app = Application(root)
root.mainloop()

Yes it looks correct. Does it work the way you want?

File "C:\Users\mrbee\Desktop\SDD PROJ\TE.py", line 102, in reveal
    welcome=welcome_msg, guess=guess_msg, result=result_msg, tries=tries_msg)
  File "C:\Users\mrbee\Desktop\SDD PROJ\TE.py", line 70, in update_display
    for key, display in self.display_map.items():
NameError: name 'self' is not defined

this shows up when i submit the guess

and before the application shows up this pops up

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\mrbee\Desktop\SDD PROJ\TE.py", line 116, in <module>
    app = Application(root)
  File "C:\Users\mrbee\Desktop\SDD PROJ\TE.py", line 13, in __init__
    self.create_widgets()
  File "C:\Users\mrbee\Desktop\SDD PROJ\TE.py", line 64, in create_widgets
    'tries': self.display_txt,
AttributeError: 'Application' object has no attribute 'display_txt'

It is a typo at line 64, it should be display4_txt. Try to understand the code.

all good now thank you very much.

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