Python - Infinite while loop, break on user input

Question

I have an infinite while loop that I want to break out of when the user presses a key. Usually I use raw_input to get the user\'s response; however, I need

Answer 1

I could not get some of the popular answers working. So I came up with another approach using the CTRL + C to plug in user input and imbibe a keyboard interrupt. A simple solution can be using a try-catch block,

i = 0
try:
    while True:
        i+=1
        print(i)
        sleep(1)
except:
    pass
# do what you want to do after it...

I got this idea from running a number of servers like flask and django. This might be slightly different from what the OP asked, but it might help someone else who wanted a similar thing.