The raw input API provides a stable and robust way for applications to accept raw input from any HID (Human Interface Devices), including the keyboard and mouse.
Questions tagged [raw-input]
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How to set a default editable string for raw_input?
I'm using Python 2.7's raw_input to read from stdin.
I want to let the user change a given default string.
Code:
i = raw_input("Please enter name:")
Console:
Please enter name: Jack
The user should be presented with Jack but can change (backspace)…
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NameError: name 'raw_input' is not defined
I'm a seventh grade programmer so I may be missing a lot of things in this program, but for my coding club my instructor asked us to make a guess the number game. I have very limited knowledge on this subject, since I've only attended four classes.…
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Tab completion in Python's raw_input()
i know i can do this to get the effect of tab completion in python sure.
import readline
COMMANDS = ['extra', 'extension', 'stuff', 'errors',
'email', 'foobar', 'foo']
def complete(text, state):
for cmd in COMMANDS:
if…
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Use of input/raw_input in python 2 and 3
I would like to set a user prompt with the following question:
save_flag is not set to 1; data will not be saved. Press enter to continue.
input() works in python3 but not python2. raw_input() works in python2 but not python3. Is there a way to do…
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raw_input and timeout
I want to do a raw_input('Enter something: .'). I want it to sleep for 3 seconds and if there's no input, then cancel the prompt and run the rest of the code. Then the code loops and implements the raw_input again. I also want it to break if the…
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Backwards-compatible input calls in Python
I was wondering if anyone has suggestions for writing a backwards-compatible input() call for retrieving a filepath?
In Python 2.x, raw_input worked fine for input like /path/to/file. Using input works fine in this case for 3.x, but complains in 2.x…
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How to set time limit on raw_input
in python, is there a way to, while waiting for a user input, count time so that after, say 30 seconds, the raw_input() function is automatically skipped?
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Hiding raw_input() password input
I want to hide my password but I don't know how. I have seen show="*" and also getpass but I don't know how to place them into this code. I'm using Python 2.7.3 and coding on a Raspberry Pi.
ans = True
while ans:
print("""
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How do I check if raw input is integer in python 2.7?
Is there a method that I can use to check if a raw_input is an integer?
I found this method after researching in the web:
print isinstance(raw_input("number: ")), int)
but when I run it and input 4 for example, I get FALSE.
I'm kind of new to…
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How to get Coordinates of Touchscreen Rawdata using Linux
We have a 3m microtouch display. It's connected to my Debian system via USB and recognized as human interface (hid). I am trying to access and push realtime information... if its getting touched I want to know where (x,y) and pipe it through netcat…
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Masking user input in python with asterisks
I am trying to mask what the user types into IDLE with asterisks so people around them can't see what they're typing/have typed in. I'm using basic raw input to collect what they type.
key = raw_input('Password :: ')
Ideal IDLE prompt after user…
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User input with a timeout, in a loop
I'm trying to create a looping python function which performs a task and prompts the user for a response and if the user does not respond in the given time the sequence will repeat.
This is loosely based off this question: How to set time limit on…
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How to make a list from a raw_input in python?
So I am taking raw_input as an input for some list.
x= raw_input()
Where I input 1 2 3 4
How will I convert it into a list of integers if I am inputting only numbers?
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Can you remap keys of a specific keyboard?
I've got two keyboards attached to my computer. A normal full-size keyboard and a numeric keypad. I want to "remap" the keys on the numeric keypad, but leave the full keyboard alone. So, when the user presses "5" on the keypad it would get remapped…
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Use os.listdir to show directories only
How can I bring python to only output directories via os.listdir, while specifying which directory to list via raw_input?
What I have:
file_to_search = raw_input("which file to search?\n>")
dirlist=[]
for filename in os.listdir(file_to_search):
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