How do I wait for a pressed key?

How do I make my python script wait until the user presses any key?

Answer

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.

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On Windows/DOS, one might want to use msvcrt. 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.

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Notes:

In Python 3, raw_input() does not exist.
In Python 2, input(prompt) is equivalent to eval(raw_input(prompt)).