How to do “hit any key” in python?

Question

How would I do a \"hit any key\" (or grab a menu option) in Python?

• raw_input requires you hit return.
• Windows msvcrt has getch() and getche().
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Answer 1

A couple years ago I wrote a small library to do this in a cross-platform way (inspired directly by John Millikin's answer above). In addition to getch, it comes with a pause function that prints 'Press any key to continue . . .':

pause()

You can provide a custom message too:

pause('Hit any key')

If the next step is to exit, it also comes with a convenience function that calls sys.exit(status):

pause_exit(status=0, message='Hit any key')

Install with pip install py-getch, or check it out here.