How to keep a Python script output window open?

Question

I have just started with Python. When I execute a python script file on Windows, the output window appears but instantaneously goes away. I need it to stay there so I can an

Answer 1

Start the script from already open cmd window or at the end of script add something like this, in Python 2:

 raw_input("Press enter to exit ;)")

Or, in Python 3:

input("Press enter to exit ;)")