Take input until the end of file in python

Question

In ANSI C language I can take input until the EOF in the following way,

    while( scanf("%d",&number)!=EOF ) { //do something }

I have searched for the way to perform it in python. All I got was this.

    while True:
        try:
        s=input()
        print("Do something")
    except EOFERROR:
    break

When I execute in python I get to put an input and it prints "Do something". But I don't know the way to stop the input taking as it does in C when I press Ctrl+Z. Here It doesn't work, it keeps taking inputs. If there is a way to do it in python pressing Ctrl+Z or there is some other method to put an end, please let me know.

See also [Control - Z In Python Code](https://stackoverflow.com/q/35644414) — Adrian W, Jul 10 '18 at 18:33
Reading a file like that in C is questionable. It only works if the file is guaranteed to only consist of things looking like numbers and whitespace. Otherwise you have an endless loop. — Yunnosch, Jul 10 '18 at 18:40
@RajatRaja Is Terry Reedy's answer that Adrian W linked to what you needed here, or do you need an answer that covers Unix ^D instead of Windows ^Z here? — abarnert, Jul 10 '18 at 18:41

Easton Bornemeier · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-10T18:28:50.360

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you just have some simple syntactic/spelling issues:

while True:
        try:
            s=input()
            print("Do something")
        except EOFError:
            break

On Unix systems usually Ctrl+D is how you simulate an EOF from terminal

edited Jul 10 '18 at 18:28

answered Jul 10 '18 at 18:26

Easton Bornemeier

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The `s=input()` and `print(...)` lines need to be indented another level. – jwodder Jul 10 '18 at 18:28
@jwodder oops--fixed – Easton Bornemeier Jul 10 '18 at 18:29
Yeah, it worked! EOFError and Ctrl+D solved it nicely. Thanks, it was a relief. – Rajat Raja Jul 10 '18 at 18:36

Take input until the end of file in python

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