[Tutor] How to use getch()?

[Dick Moores]

At 01:57 AM 8/28/2006, Alan Gauld wrote:
> > while answer == "":
> >     c = 0
> >     timeStart = time.time()
> >     while True:
> >         c += 1
> >         if msvcrt.kbhit():
> >            if msvcrt.getch() == ' ':
> >                break
> >         if msvcrt.kbhit():
> >            if msvcrt.getch() == 'h':
> >                print "Hello"
> >         if msvcrt.kbhit():
> >            if msvcrt.getch() == 'q':
> >                answer = "quit"
>
>You only need one kbhit to tell you if any key has been hit at all.
>Then you can use getch to fetch that key and store it in a variable.
>Then the code above turns into:
>
>while True:
>    if kbhit(): key = getch()
>    if key == ' ': break
>    elif key == 'h': print 'hello'
>    elif key == 'q': answer = 'quit'
>
>Does that make sense?

Yes! Now my script runs perfectly. And I can add other keys for doing 
other things on the fly, as it were. That's what I was after.

Thanks, Alan.

Dick