in python , could I accomplish the purpose that "a=Console.read()" used in C?

[Dennis Benzinger]

python wrote:
> in python , could I accomplish the purpose that "a=Console.read()" used
> in C?
> when program is running, I wanna add a statement like
> "a=Console.read()" in C language,it will wait for user's input, after
> user's typing a character , and click "enter" key, the program will go
> on running.
> 


Use raw_input() <http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html>:

age = raw_input("Your age: ")
print age


Bye,
Dennis