How to run a function in the background of tkinter

Question

I am new to GUI programming and I want to write a Python program with tkinter. All I want it to do is run a simple function in the background that can be influenced through

Answer 1

If you don't want to be away from those threads, I would like to give one suggestion for your GUI- Place the function for your GUI just before the root.mainloop() statement.

Example-

root = tk.Tk()
.
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graphicsfunction()     #function for triggering the graphics or any other background 
                       #function
root.mainloop()

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