CLEAR INPUT BUFFER

[Sam]

Good day!

I have a problem with Python and the input buffer.
My application must read a barcode from PS2 and then
process it.
The problem is: i have to discard all
characters inserted in buffer while Elaborate(data)
is running.
I tried to clear the buffer using sys.stdin.flush() but
it seem not work.

proc Principale() :
while True
# sys.stdin.flush()
data = sys.stdin.readline()
Elaborate(data)
proc Elaborate() :
sleep(5)
I'll apreciate any help!
Thanks

[Istvan Albert]

Sam wrote:

I tried to clear the buffer using sys.stdin.flush() but
it seem not work.

In general you can't flush the standard input,
it is one of those undefined behaviors in C.

To read the input until an end-of-file is reached
use read() instead of readline().

Istvan.

[Sam]

"Istvan Albert" <ia*****@mailblocks.com> wrote in message
news:A5********************@giganews.com...

In general you can't flush the standard input,
it is one of those undefined behaviors in C.

To read the input until an end-of-file is reached
use read() instead of readline().

Now I try.
Thanks.

Bye