Changing the value of a variable from getch()

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Update: I've added the parentheses and byte however the code still doesn't change the output.

I'm trying to write a python program that sees what the user is typing using getch() and then changes it (and prints the changed version) - so if the user types '1', 'one' would be printed for example.

Here's my code:

import msvcrt as m
character = m.getch
while True:
    if m.getch == b'1':
        print 'one'
        break

This just prints what the user types.

Please help me get the program to change the variable correctly.

I can't test this (not on Windows) but it looks like you are assigning the **function** `m.getch` to `character`. Call it instead: `character = m.getch()` -- then what is its value? (You can always `print character` or be fancy and insert `import pdb;pdb.set_trace()` below it to see what the value of it is during execution.) — Two-Bit Alchemist, Apr 06 '14 at 09:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 01 '14 at 15:55

As per my understanding of your question, I have created the code snippet below to fulfill your requirements

if the user types '1', 'one' would be printed

For demo I did some more stuff like if user presses 2 then 'Two' will be displayed and if the user presses any other key, it will be displayed by default.

Code:

import msvcrt as m
character = m.getch()
while True:
    if character == '1':
        print 'one'
        break
    elif character =='2':
        print 'Two'
        break
    else:
        print character
        break

Changing the value of a variable from getch()

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