wait, waitc
==============================================

Purpose
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Waits until any key is pressed.

.. _wait:
.. _waitc:
.. index:: wait, waitc

Format
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::

    wait;
    waitc;

Remarks
-------

If you are working in terminal mode, these commands do not "see" any
keystrokes until :kbd:`ENTER` is pressed. `waitc` clears any pending keystrokes
before waiting until another key is pressed.

Source
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wait.src, waitc.src

.. seealso:: Functions :func:`pause`