How do I detect 'space' in a python program?

Question

I am creating a text based game and in order to speed past dialogue I want the user to be able to hit 'Space' and skip past it.

import time
import sys

text_speed = .05

def slow_type(line, speed): #You input the dialogue and speed(smaller = faster)
    for l in line:
        sys.stdout.write(l)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(speed)
    time.sleep(.5)

if <'Space'> pressed:
    text_speed = 0

NL1 = "Huh, I see you finally came. "

slow_type(NL1, text_speed)

Answer 1

The Python representation of a space is u"\ " , referred here .

And tested with:

if input('enter:') == u"\u0020":
    print('pass')
else:
    print('fail')

Answer 2

You can use the getch module.

import getch
while getch.getch() != ' ':
    pass

Or on Windows, you can use msvcr.getch :

import msvcrt
while msvcrt.getch() != ' ':
    pass

Answer 3

I will suggest you to use keyboard .

Here is a sample code to detect space, also note that the code will wait for space key to be pressed.

import keyboard

#.....

if keyboard.is_pressed("space"):
    text_speed = 0

#....