Capture Control-C in Python

Question

I want to know if it's possible to catch a Control-C in python in the following manner:

 if input != contr-c:     #DO THINGS  else:     #quit 

I've read up on stuff with try and except KeyboardInterrupt but they're not working for me.

Answer 1

Consider reading this page about handling exceptions.. It should help.

As @abarnert has said, do sys.exit() after except KeyboardInterrupt:.

Something like

try:     # DO THINGS except KeyboardInterrupt:     # quit     sys.exit() 

You can also use the built in exit() function, but as @eryksun pointed out, sys.exit is more reliable.

Answer 2

From your comments, it sounds like your only problem with except KeyboardInterrupt: is that you don't know how to make it exit when you get that interrupt.

If so, that's simple:

import sys  try:     user_input = input() except KeyboardInterrupt:     sys.exit(0)