Wait for a keypress before continuing?

[Tim Roberts]

John Doe <jdoe at usenetlove.invalid> wrote:

>def wait_for_keystroke():
>  char=0
>  while not (char==chr(27) or char==chr(110)):
>    char=msvcrt.getch()
>    if char==0:
>      return
>
>That freezes the process.

That exact code works perfectly for me.  The function returns as soon as I
press the escape key.  You are running this from a console process, and not
a GUI process, right?

>That means char=msvcrt.getch() is getting something?

Did you ever think about inserting a debug statement to help you?
        print hex(ord(char))
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Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
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