Input not working Python

Question

I'm making a candy box game, but i cant get the input to work. The other problem is it prints 'You have 1 sweet.' and then stops. Please help?

import time, sys
print("Sweetie box")
sweets = 0
while True:
    time.sleep(1)
    sweets += 1
    print("You have ", sweets, " sweets.")
    INPUT = input()
    if INPUT == ("a"):
            print("It worked!")

Sounds like you want the number of sweets to continuously update, even while waiting for the user to make a move. That's not very easy to do on the command line with just built-in functions. Perhaps you should consider a UI lib like Tkinter -- then you could update your labels every second while still watching buttons/text boxes for input from the user. — Kevin
– Kevin, Commented Nov 21, 2013 at 19:41

user2555451 · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-21 18:25:49Z

1

You need to invoke the input built-in by adding () after it:

INPUT = input()

Right now, you have INPUT being set to the built-in itself. See a demonstration below:

>>> x = input
>>> x
<built-in function input>
>>> x = input()
word
>>> x
'word'
>>>

answered Nov 21, 2013 at 18:25

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user2916424 Over a year ago

Yeah, thanks. I've just edited with a second problem

user2555451 Over a year ago

@user2916424 - If you are seeing what I think you are, then that is the input prompt. You have to enter something and then press ENTER. I tested your code and it works fine.

user2916424 Over a year ago

i get that you have to press enter, it's just the sweets should update without having to have an input. D'ya know what's wrong?

user2555451 Over a year ago

@user2916424 - Hmm. I ran this in Python 3.3 and sweets did update. Just, you had to enter something first. If you don't want an input, why not remove it altogether?

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