How to run a python loop until a user input? Timer format

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I'm coding a timer that counts minutes and seconds, and I want the timer to be able to be paused when you press enter - However, I'm using a while loop to make the timer actually count, and adding a raw_input/input would stop the loop... How would I make the two functions run dynamically - together but separate?

My code so far:

from datetime import datetime
import math
#import subprocess
import sys
import time
import os

sys.stdout.write("\x1b[8;{rows};{cols}t".format(rows=24, cols=60))

t1 = 0
t3 = 0

def space():
    print(" ")
    print(" ")
    print(" ")
    print(" ")
    print(" ")
    print(" ")
    print(" ")
    print(" ")
    print(" ")
    print(" ")

while t1 != 1.1:

    os.system('clear')

    t2 = str(t1)
    t4 = str(t3)

    space()

    print('*')*60
    print "James Balazs' Python Timer".center(60,"-")
    print ("Passed time: " + t4 + " minutes and " + t2 + " seconds").center(60, " ")
    print('*')*60

    t1 = t1 + 1
    time.sleep(1)
    if t1 == 60:
        t1 = 0
        t3 = t3 + 1

Some unnecessary imports are because I am using a modified copy of a clock I made... So all help is much appreciated as long as I don't have to destroy the majority of my work to make this possible.

which os are you using? – Joran Beasley Apr 23 '13 at 21:17 — Joran Beasley, Apr 23 '13 at 21:17

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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Create a function with the timer and use threading to run it while asking for input. Then kill it when the user presses enter.

import threading
def timer():
    #Timer goes here
Thread(target = timer).start()
raw_input("Press enter to stop")
#Kill the thread

Also see http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-May/281943.html about killing.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Apr 23 '13 at 21:26

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