A question from my reading of Learn Python The Hard Way:
y = raw_input("Name? ")
puts the result into variable y.
Then on line 9 in the following code, raw_input("?"), where does the result go?
from sys import argv
script, filename = argv
print "We're going to erase %r." % filename
print "If you don't want that, hit CTRL-C (^C)."
print "If you do want that, hit RETURN."
raw_input("?")
print "Opening the file..."
target = open(filename, 'w')
...
To put it simply, it doesn't get stored - control-C (^C) gets the interpreter to stop doing what it's doing, and exits. If you type anything else at the question mark (and of course press Enter), the program will run. The raw_input is there only to wait for user input.
Enter.The input is not stored. Here raw_input is used for the purpose of confirmation, so the value of the input is irrelevant; the program is only concerned with waiting until either Enter or Ctrlc is pressed.
In your case raw_input("?") represent something like Press any key to continue
In non-interactive mode _ has no special meaning.
The python interpreter understands "_" as a reference to the last value it
computed, the input is stored in a special variable _
In [83]: raw_input("Enter : ")
Enter : Hi There
Out[83]: 'Hi There'
In [84]: _
Out[84]: 'Hi There'
_. Although it never actually gets used in the program.
print _ to his code and runs it, the result will be a NameError.
_ when it's common for gettext and co...