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]

try something like ->

s = raw_input("Please 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.readline()

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

 

[Fredrik Lundh]

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.....

portable:

raw_input("please 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/view.phtml/aid/4490/fid/538
etc

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[Graham]

You could use either:

s = raw_input("Please Hit a Key...")

s being the string they typed before hitting enter.

or you could use

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

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?]

Thanks guys for the reply.
This is very helpful

 

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

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?)

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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