Append keyboard input to variable in python

Question

I want variable text = [] to append the keyboard input, and then print it.

import pygame
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode([600, 400])
keepGoing = True

def get_text ():
    keepText = True
    while keepText:
        text = [] # I want to add input here

    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
            keys = pygame.key.name(event.key)
            text.append(keys)
            print (text)
            if event.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE:
                keepText = False                   

  while keepGoing:                        
      for event in pygame.event.get():    
          if event.type == pygame.QUIT: 
              keepGoing = False
          if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
              if event.key == pygame.K_SPACE:
                  get_text ()

          pygame.display.update()  

pygame.quit()

How can I do this?

what do you get when you print text? – ddor254 Oct 26 '17 at 08:49 — ddor254, Oct 26 '17 at 08:49

Matt Pitkin · Answer 1 · 2017-10-26T21:25:53.137

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I think this question is what you're looking for. You'll want something like

while keepText:
    text = []
    text.append(raw_input('Input something from the keyboard: '))

In your question the indenting looks problematic though, and your while loop will never end.

edited Oct 26 '17 at 21:25

answered Oct 26 '17 at 09:39

Matt Pitkin

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How can I do this with a module pygame? – Руслан Павлюк Oct 26 '17 at 19:00
@РусланПавлюк - so do you mean you want to get the keyboard input within the pygame window? Do you want the input added on the line with the comment `# I want to add input here` or later on in the for loop? – Matt Pitkin Oct 26 '17 at 21:36
I want to add a keyboard to a variable. Then I will use this variable. I want input to work in pygame. How to do input in the module pygame? – Руслан Павлюк Oct 27 '17 at 02:28
I don't think I can help any further, but hopefully the [answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/46973406/1862861) by @skrx will help. – Matt Pitkin Oct 27 '17 at 11:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 27 '17 at 10:53

If a pygame.KEYDOWN event occurs, you can just add its .unicode attribute to a string or append it to a list.

import pygame as pg


def main():
    screen = pg.display.set_mode((640, 480))
    clock = pg.time.Clock()
    text = ''

    done = False

    while not done:
        for event in pg.event.get():
            if event.type == pg.QUIT:
                done = True
            elif event.type == pg.KEYDOWN:
                text += event.unicode
                print(text)

        screen.fill((30, 30, 30))

        pg.display.flip()
        clock.tick(30)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    pg.init()
    main()
    pg.quit()

Thank you? It just what I looking for. – Руслан Павлюк Oct 27 '17 at 18:39 — Руслан Павлюк, Oct 27 '17 at 18:39

Append keyboard input to variable in python

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