Exit while loop by user hitting ENTER key

Question

I am a python newbie and have been asked to carry out some exercises using while and for loops. I have been asked to make a program loop until exit is requested by the user

Answer 1

Here's a solution (resembling the original) that works:

User = raw_input('Enter  only to exit: ')
while True:
    #Run my program
    print 'In the loop, User=%r' % (User, )

    # Check if the user asked to terminate the loop.
    if User == '':
        break

    # Give the user another chance to exit.
    User = raw_input('Enter  only to exit: ')

Note that the code in the original question has several issues:

1. The if/else is outside the while loop, so the loop will run forever.
2. The else is missing a colon.
3. In the else clause, there's a double-equal instead of equal. This doesn't perform an assignment, it is a useless comparison expression.
4. It doesn't need the running variable, since the if clause performs a break.