How to timeout when waiting for raw_input from user ?

[MrJean1]

Try using the function timelimited from this recipe

<http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576780/>

An (untested) example with a 60 second timeout would be:

try:
    r = timelimited(60, raw_input, 'enter right or wrong: ')
except TimeLimitExpired:
    ....
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    ....

/Jean


On Dec 4, 3:52 pm, northof40 <shearich... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi - I'm writing a *very* simple program for my kids. It asks the user
> to give it the answer to a maths question and says "right" or "wrong"
>
> They now want a timed version where they would only get so long to
> respond to the question.
>
> I'm thinking of some logic where a raw_input call is executed and then
> if more than X seconds elapses before the prompt is replied to the
> process writes a message "Sorry too slow" (or similar).
>
> I can't see the wood for the trees here - what's the best way to do
> this given the rather simple environment it's needed within.
>
> Regards
>
> richard.