Get Key Code of Pressed Key from Python

Question

Is it possible to get python to read a key (such as Enter or Escape or an Arrow Key) pressed by the user and to record the keycode of that key in a variable?

I looked at this Python key binding/capture but this only displays the character that you press in the shell. I want to record this value in a variable, no need to print it (and not the python '\n' for Enter but the real keycode (like 13 I think it is on Windows) for the Enter key).

use the ord() function it gets the python key code, in a number. — Moshe Rabaev, Aug 07 '15 at 17:32
@MosheRabaev It doesn't work on a Mac though for me...it says that I dont' have the right encoding or something. Also, how do I use a unicode int in ord() ? — Yello Four, Aug 07 '15 at 17:33
@MosheRabaev The reason I ask for the unicode thing is because you can't check a key like "Enter" with ord() .... can you? — Yello Four, Aug 07 '15 at 17:49
@MosheRabaev What if I need to do it for the arrow keys though? Like in my program I need to be able to pick up (in total): arrow keys, Enter key, Space key. Is there a way I can pick all of those up? — Yello Four, Aug 07 '15 at 19:22
You can use w,a,s,d keys for up, left, down, right respectively, and for space use '\w'. — Moshe Rabaev, Aug 07 '15 at 19:43
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/85474/discussion-between-yello-four-and-moshe-rabaev). — Yello Four, Aug 07 '15 at 19:51

Yello Four · Answer 1 · 2015-08-07T18:04:51.577

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This works for me. @MosheRabaev was right and this is just the code version. I guess you just have to find the characters for all the special keys (like the '\r' for Enter). No clue what the characters are for arrow keys though...

import wx
user_input = str(raw_input())

user_input += '\r' #If they press the Enter Key
print user_input

if ord(user_input) == wx.WXK_RETURN:
        print "hey"
print "what"

edited Aug 07 '15 at 18:04

answered Aug 07 '15 at 17:58

Yello Four

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