How do I make python wait for a pressed key

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I want my script to wait until the user presses any key.

How do I do that?
Jan 4, 2021 in Python by Roshni
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2 answers to this question.

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In Python 3 use input():

input("Press Enter to continue...")

In Python 2 use raw_input():

raw_input("Press Enter to continue...")

This only waits for the user to press enter though.

One might want to use msvcrt ((Windows/DOS only) The msvcrt module gives you access to a number of functions in the Microsoft Visual C/C++ Runtime Library (MSVCRT)):

import msvcrt as m
def wait():
    m.getch()

This should wait for a keypress.

Additional info:

in Python 3 raw_input() does not exist

In Python 2 input(prompt) is equivalent to eval(raw_input(prompt))

Hope this helps!!

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answered Jan 4, 2021 by Gitika
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Then use this code:

import keyboard

keyboard.sleep()
answered Jan 4, 2021 by Reshma

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