On Jun 14, 12:27 pm, pdlem...@earthlink.net wrote: > On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:03:38 -0700 (PDT), John Machin > > > > <sjmac...@lexicon.net> wrote: > >On Jun 14, 10:20 am, pdlem...@earthlink.net wrote: > > >> Now no error message, but it will go on forever despite repeatedly > >> entering 0. Have to get out with ctrl-c . > > >> Frusting: I'm missing something fundamental. Dave WB3DWE > > >After you hit the zero key, do you hit the Enter key? > [snip] > > John : Hitting Enter solved it. Thanks so much. I was treating > input() as getch() or getche() . Dave WB3DWE
Here's a tip: when all else fails, read the manual. In this case: http://docs.python.org/3.0/library/functions.html#input """The function then reads a line from input, converts it to a string (stripping a trailing newline)""" If you are desperate for getch() and getche(), see here: http://docs.python.org/3.0/library/msvcrt.html?highlight=msvcrt#console-i-o HTH, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
