"bob gailer" <bgai...@gmail.com> wrote
    k = msvcrt.getch()     # Strangely, this echoes to the IDLE window
    if k == ' ':           # Not recognized

IOW - getch always returns 1 character.

You are testing for a 0 length string. Will never happen.

No, he is testing for a space character.
But he is running it in IDLE and msvcrt only works n the OS command window world.

I've updated my tutorial page to point that out.


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Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/

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