python - How to make a script wait for a pressed key?

Question

I want my script to wait until the user presses any key.
How do I do that?

Answer 1

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 key press.

Additional info:

in Python 3 raw_input() does not exist

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