python console pause code example

Example 1: pause program python

# To delay excusion use the time library
import time

time.sleep(secs)

Example 2: python console pause

def pause(massage = 'press any key to continue'):  # this function will pause the script with a default massage or a custome one.
    print(massage)
    os.system('pause >NULL')  # this will pause untill any key is pressed.
    return 0
  
# example usage:
print('hello')  # prints hello.
pause()  # waits untill the user presses a key.
print('world!')  # then prints world!

Example 3: command prompt pause in python

# Don't use os.system("pause"), it is very slow because it needs to create
# an entire shell process. Use this instead:

import getch

def pause():
  print("Press any key to continue . . . ")
  getch.getch()

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