On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:37:25 pm John Palmer wrote: > Hi Alan thanks for the help. I did try the getpass module, I think I > used: > > getpass.getpass() > > This actually prompted the user to enter a password, which isn't > really what I want. Unless there's something i'm missing with this > module? I'll take another look anyway.
Tell the function what prompt to use: >>> import getpass >>> s = getpass.getpass("Please enter your secret word: ") Please enter your secret word: >>> >>> print s anti-disestablishmentarianism -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor