Button in use in a Py program, not live

[HoustonGeek]

CPE - 3.13.0 BL, CPE Code 3.6.0

My code.py:

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2 import board
3 import digitalio
4 from adafruit_circuitplayground.express import cpx
5 #comment
6 button_a = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.BUTTON_A)
7 button_a.direction = digitalio.Direction.INPUT
8 button_a.pull = digitalio.Pull.DOWN

and get a

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code.py ouput:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "code.py", line 6, in <module>
ValueError: BUTTON_A in use

however, when I issue those commands in the interpreter, it runs fine.

Reflash the CPE code? Not sure what the issue is

[adafruit_support_carter]

It should do the same thing either way. The CPX library sets up the digital input for you. So when you import it here:

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from adafruit_circuitplayground.express import cpx

BUTTON_A gets used. Here's the actual code that does that from the CPX library:
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Ci ... ase.py#L61

So you don't need to do any of this:

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6 button_a = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.BUTTON_A)
7 button_a.direction = digitalio.Direction.INPUT
8 button_a.pull = digitalio.Pull.DOWN

Instead, access the button via the imported cpx object. Ex:
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Ci ... utton_a.py

[HoustonGeek]

Got it - I see newer projects with the correct code. Might want to think about deprecating the old posts.

[adafruit_support_carter]

Might want to think about deprecating the old posts.

Please link to this and we'll take a look.