def query(text): return input(f"{text} \n> ") def query_int(text): try: ans = query(text) return int(ans) except ValueError: print("Please enter a valid number!") return query_int(text) def query_yes_no(question, default="no"): """Ask a yes/no question via raw_input() and return their answer. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3041986/apt-command-line-interface-like-yes-no-input "question" is a string that is presented to the user. "default" is the presumed answer if the user just hits . It must be "yes" (the default), "no" or None (meaning an answer is required of the user). The "answer" return value is True for "yes" or False for "no". """ valid = {"yes": True, "y": True, "ye": True, "no": False, "n": False} if default is None: prompt = " [y/n] " elif default == "yes": prompt = " [Y/n] " elif default == "no": prompt = " [y/N] " else: raise ValueError("invalid default answer: '%s'" % default) while True: choice = query(question + prompt).lower() if default is not None and choice == "": return valid[default] elif choice in valid: return valid[choice] else: print("Please respond with 'yes' or 'no' (or 'y' or 'n').")