How do I read user input in python thread?
- by Sid H
I'm trying to read from a thread in python as follows
import threading, time, random
var = True
class MyThread(threading.Thread):
def set_name(self, name):
self.name = name
def run(self):
global var
while var == True:
print "In mythread " + self.name
time.sleep(random.randint(2,5))
class MyReader(threading.Thread):
def run(self):
global var
while var == True:
input = raw_input("Quit?")
if input == "q":
var = False
t1 = MyThread()
t1.set_name("One")
t2 = MyReader()
t1.start()
t2.start()
However, if I enter 'q', I see the following error.
In mythread One
Quit?q
Exception in thread Thread-2:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 522, in __bootstrap_inner
self.run()
File "test.py", line 20, in run
input = raw_input("Quit?")
EOFError
In mythread One
In mythread One
How does on get user input from a thread?
