[Tutor] Communicating Between Programs Using Raw Inputs (con'd)

[Alan Gauld]

"Jacob Bender" <benderjacob44 at gmail.com> wrote

> *Lock.py: *
> 
> password = "a"
> psswd_try = raw_input("What's the password? ")
> 
> if psswd_try == password:
>    print "correct!!!"
>    raw_input()
> else:
>    print "wrong"
>    raw_input()
> *
> Key.py*:
> 
> import sys
> sys.stdout.write("a")
> 
> And all went well except for an EOF error caused 
> by the raw_input inside the "if" statement in my 
> Lock program. However I did get it to print "correct",

You ask for two inputs but only provide one, so 
you get an error. The Key.py program closes stdout 
(which is Lock.py's stdin)  before Lock.py gets any 
second input. 

Add another print(or sys.stdout.write() ) to Key.py
and see how you get on.

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Alan Gauld
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