From 983fd850afb6836cf204d8ede34436163444df6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: foamyguy <foamyguy@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2021 16:12:10 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add updating label example

---
 .../updating_text_example/code.py             | 40 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 CircuitPython_Display_Text/updating_text_example/code.py

diff --git a/CircuitPython_Display_Text/updating_text_example/code.py b/CircuitPython_Display_Text/updating_text_example/code.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eef238ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CircuitPython_Display_Text/updating_text_example/code.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Tim C, written for Adafruit Industries
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+"""
+This examples shows how to update your label with new text.
+"""
+import time
+import board
+import displayio
+import terminalio
+from adafruit_display_text import label
+
+# built-in display
+display = board.DISPLAY
+
+# Make the display context
+main_group = displayio.Group()
+display.show(main_group)
+
+# create the label
+updating_label = label.Label(
+    font=terminalio.FONT,
+    text="Time Is:\n{}".format(time.monotonic()),
+    scale=2
+)
+
+# set label position on the display
+updating_label.anchor_point = (0, 0)
+updating_label.anchored_position = (20, 20)
+
+# add label to group that is showing on display
+main_group.append(updating_label)
+
+# Main loop
+while True:
+
+    # update text property to change the text showing on the display
+    updating_label.text = "Time Is:\n{}".format(time.monotonic())
+
+    time.sleep(1)

From a8b94316ad90778ed3b23f822432afc7d1e15c97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: foamyguy <foamyguy@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2021 16:15:43 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] code format

---
 CircuitPython_Display_Text/updating_text_example/code.py | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CircuitPython_Display_Text/updating_text_example/code.py b/CircuitPython_Display_Text/updating_text_example/code.py
index eef238ebc..4db2fc57e 100644
--- a/CircuitPython_Display_Text/updating_text_example/code.py
+++ b/CircuitPython_Display_Text/updating_text_example/code.py
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ display.show(main_group)
 
 # create the label
 updating_label = label.Label(
-    font=terminalio.FONT,
-    text="Time Is:\n{}".format(time.monotonic()),
-    scale=2
+    font=terminalio.FONT, text="Time Is:\n{}".format(time.monotonic()), scale=2
 )
 
 # set label position on the display