sys.stdin.readline() reads without prompt, returning 'nothing in between'

Question

I have a function that executes the following (among other things):

userinput = stdin.readline()
betAmount = int(userinput)

Is supposed to tak

Answer 1

stdin.read(1)

will not return when you press one character - it will wait for '\n'. The problem is that the second character is buffered in standard input, and the moment you call another input - it will return immediately because it gets its input from buffer.