Re: Alternative to raw_input ?

[Nick Coghlan]

BOOGIEMAN wrote:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:38:47 -0500, Peter Hansen wrote:

print prompt
while msvcrt.kbhit():
    msvcrt.getch()
msvcrt.getch()

Thanks, it works but without line "print prompt" and also
I'm not sure if I should put this function :
def cekaj():
    while msvcrt.kbhit():
        msvcrt.getch()
    msvcrt.getch()
#Or this one, which sounds more logical according to help
#kbhit() - Return true if a keypress is waiting to be read. 

def cekaj():
    msvcrt.getch()
    while msvcrt.kbhit():
        msvcrt.getch()
     
It works both ways, not sure which one is right
Try this:
print "Hit a key!"
cekaj()
print "Nap time!"
time.sleep(15)
print "Hit another key!"
cekaj()
with the two different implementations, and see what happens if you hit a key 
when the 'Nap Time!' prompt appears.

Cheers,
Nick.
P.S. You probably actually want an implementation that looks like:
def cekaj(prompt="Press a key to continue"):
    while msvcrt.kbhit():
        msvcrt.getch()
    if prompt is not None:
        print prompt
    msvcrt.getch()
And the sample program would look like:
cekaj("Hit a key!")
print "Nap time!"
time.sleep(15)
cekaj("Hit another key!")
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