Terminating python for loop program in the command line without closing it?

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When I open python 2.7.9 in the command terminal in Windows 8 and I run this program:

while True:

    for i in ["/","-","|","\\","|"]:

        print "%s\r" % i,

How can I terminate this program without closing the command terminal? I apologize in advance if this is a novice question but I'm still a rookie when it comes to programming and I rarely use the command terminal. Thanks! :)

@SebastianWozny why would you refer the OP to a question that is itself a duplicate? — abcd
– abcd, Commented May 3, 2015 at 20:59
@SkipperDavies do you want to terminate it when a particular condition has been met? at a particular time? or just at your own whim (in which case Ctrl+C is probably the only option that makes sense)? if not the latter, there are better ways to program in a termination. — abcd
– abcd, Commented May 3, 2015 at 21:00

Totem · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-03 20:57:39Z

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Generally I find that Ctrl+c does the job. It's a keyboard interrupt that should halt most python activity in the interpreter/terminal on both windows and linux

answered May 3, 2015 at 20:57

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