getch() of Turbo C in Python?

[Bjorn Pettersen]

> From: Anurag Ved [mailto:anuragved at vsnl.com]
> 
> Hi all,
>   I am using the Python interpreter under Windows. When I execute a
> Python script, the console window that opens up closes immediately
> after the program terminates, leaving me no time to observe the
> output. One solution is to append the program with
> 
> raw_input('')
> 
> But, this is certainly not elegent and moreover it requires the user
> to press 'enter' rather than the preferred option of 'any key'.
> 
> Is there something similar to the getch() function of Turbo C which
> reads just one key from <stdin> and returns immediately?

import msvcrt
msvcrt.getch()

-- bjorn