how can I run python interactively?

[questions?]

I need to stop the program in the middle and pause there.

Are there anyway I can stop the program in the middle and have
something like:

please press y to continue.....

Thanks

[graham.abbott@gmail.com]

Re: how can I run python interactively?

try something like ->

s = raw_input("Plea se Press a button...")
#s is the string they type.

Although i believe i remember a PEP that said they were removing
raw_input so perhaps

print "Please Press A button..."
s = sys.stdin.readl ine()

would be better, note the above requires you to 'import sys'

[Fredrik Lundh]

Re: how can I run python interactively?

"questions? " wrote:
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> I need to stop the program in the middle and pause there.
>
> Are there anyway I can stop the program in the middle and have
> something like:
>
> please press y to continue.....[/color]

portable:

raw_input("plea se press return to continue.....")

to get a single character, you can use msvcrt.getch() on windows,
or the termios module on unix:

http://effbot.org/librarybook/msvcrt.htm

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/134892

http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/...d/4490/fid/538
etc

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[Graham]

Re: how can I run python interactively?

You could use either:

s = raw_input("Plea se Hit a Key...")

s being the string they typed before hitting enter.

or you could use

print "Please hit a key..."
s = sys.stdin.readl ine()

the only reason i recommend the second is because i believe i saw in a
PEP that raw_input was being depreciated at some point, however i may
be wrong on that. (correction anyone?)

[questions?]

Re: how can I run python interactively?

Thanks guys for the reply.
This is very helpful

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

Re: how can I run python interactively?

On 2 Nov 2005 22:51:16 -0800, "Graham" <graham.abbott@ gmail.com>
declaimed the following in comp.lang.pytho n:
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> the only reason i recommend the second is because i believe i saw in a
> PEP that raw_input was being depreciated at some point, however i may
> be wrong on that. (correction anyone?)[/color]

If anything, I'd expect "input" to be the statement getting the
axe... After all, it's long been recommended to use raw_input instead of
input, and /then/ evaluate the data as needed.
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