hopefully someone can explain this to me in simple terms:
I would like to store raw input from a User without waiting for him to press Enter. And would it be possible to still check if the response is one of the predefined options?
My raw input consists of a single character - a number from 1 to 7.
I run the program in a terminal window in Windows.
I looked online and found that to solve this problem, it is necessary to use the msvcrt.getch() function but I don't understand (literally) how to apply this to my code.
I ran the following in the Command line and it worked:
>>> from msvcrt import getch
>>> r = msvcrt.getch()
but I don't know how to apply this to my raw input variable.
This is part of the code I am using now. The good thing is that it checks if the input is one of the predefined options. But the problem is that, the input is stored only after a user presses Enter.
userResponse = '' while userResponse not in ['1','2','3','4','5','6','7']: userResponse = raw_input("Choose a number from 1 to 7") if userResponse == '1': output = "1\n" results.write(output) if userResponse == '2': output = "2\n" results.write(output) ......
I will appreciate any help!