# Wait for a keypress

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wait-for-a-keypress/20218>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** io\
**Created:** [January 29, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wait-for-a-keypress/20218 "2019-01-29T05:10:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wait-for-a-keypress/20218/4 "2019-01-29T11:11:00Z")

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```julia
julia> wait_for_key(prompt) = (print(stdout, prompt); read(stdin, 1); nothing)
wait_for_key (generic function with 1 method)

julia> wait_for_key("press any key to continue")
press any key to continue

```

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