Waiting for return

[Kevin Breit]

In article <slrn8r6deg.nq.matt at happy-hour.mondoinfo.com>,
matt at mondoinfo.com (Matthew Dixon Cowles) wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Sep 2000 23:10:14 -0600, Kevin Breit
> <battery841 at remove.for.no.spam.mypad.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hey I am writing a console application in .py.  I want to get the
>> following effect: Please press return to continue
>> <waits for return keystroke>
>> If you can help, it would be very appreciated.  Thanks a lot!
> 
> Kevin, You want something like:
> 
> dummy=raw_input()
And what does this all mean?  Is dummy a variable?  Do I put anything in
raw_input()?
Pardon me for my ignorance.  I'm still kinda new :)
Kevin