Sybren Stuvel wrote:
> alf enlightened us with:
>>>I have a command line program which also does some interaction with the
>>user using stdin and stdout.
>>>>My requirement is to print prompt so the user can answer in the same
>>line. Unfortunately:
>>>> print 'enter command:',
>>>>>>does not really work as the comma is carried over to the following lines
>>and the indentation gets messed up.
>>>>>>I can use sys.stdout.write('enter command:') instead but kind of do not
>>like sys.stdout.write mixed up with print's statements used to display
>>other informations.
>>>>>>Is there a pythonic solution for the problem?
>>> Yeah, write a function:
>> def prompt(label):
> '''Prompts the user, returning the typed text'''
>> sys.stdout.write(label)
> return sys.stdin.readline()
>Or use raw_input(), which was designed for such situations:
>>> mystr = raw_input("Who is this? ")
Who is this? Steve
regards
Steve
--
Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119
Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com
Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com
Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden
