Python Key input in python

[Zyphon_22]

So im working on a text game in python and I first decided to use the time module:

[CODE lang="python" title="original"]import time

print("Hello")
time.sleep(2)
print("How are you")[/CODE]

But now i am creating a function and putting it in place of the time module like this:
[CODE lang="python" title="new and improved"]def dialog():
dialog = input("")

print("Hi")
dialog()
print("How are you")[/CODE]

im in the early stages of development and before i start getting quite far on.
I was wondering whether there is a cleaner version of new and improved which does what i am trying to show.

Thanks

 

[LTomy]

Hi Zyphon_22,

I do not understand what you want to achieve... The first and second examples do not produce the same result.

The second example simply inputs text from the console and discards it (It stores it inside a local variable that will be destroyed at the end of the function call).
The following is equivalent:

def dialog():
    input("")

print("Hi")
dialog()
print("How are you")

Actually, at that point, you could simply write that:

print("Hi")
input("")
print("How are you")

 

[Zyphon_22]

ah okay thank you, what i was trying to say, is whether there is a module that waits for a specific user input.
not just waiting for any user input and then carrying on

This is a rough example and i know the code will not work:

[CODE lang="python" highlight="3,5"]print("Hi")
input("")
if input != "key_enter":
print("please press enter")
elif input == "key_enter":
print("How are you")[/CODE]

that is what i was wondering whether there is something that waits for a user input like enter but ignores anyother input

 

[Ghost]

ah okay thank you, what i was trying to say, is whether there is a module that waits for a specific user input.
not just waiting for any user input and then carrying on

[/CODE]

that is what i was wondering whether there is something that waits for a user input like enter but ignores anyother input

Hey, here's something you can do...

def dialog(text = ""):
    dialog = input(text)
    return dialog

print("Hi")
entry = False
while entry is False:
    entry = dialog() 
    # or you could do like dialog("What is the question?")
    if entry != "1":
        entry = False

anotherOne = dialog("What color is the sky?\n")

In the code above, the script will only continue if they type in 1, otherwise it will just start a new line and expect them to keep trying.
I also went ahead and modified your dialog() function to accept a string as an argument for what should be printed out. The default text is just "".

There are ways to clear out a line in the console, but it is different per Python version / platform (windows,linux,mac)... or some people do like print("\n" * 100) to auto-scroll the user down with 100 blank lines (I am not a fan of this at all).

Your best bet in my opinion is to do something like my code above, and maybe do a print of text if they get correct input, or incorrect.

 

[Zyphon_22]

Thank you I have tested this and it worked perfecty, I will implement this now

 

[Ghost]

Thank you I have tested this and it worked perfecty, I will implement this now

Awesome, I'm glad I could help