Running one function without stopping another

Question

How can I run a timer while asking for user input from the console? I was reading about multiprocessing, and I tried to use this answer: Python: Executing multiple functions

Answer 1

Of course it stops running when it plays the cut_wire function because "raw_input" command reads the text and wait for the user to put the text and press enter.

My suggestion is to check for they key press "Enter" and when then key was press, read the line. If the key wasn't press, just continue with your timer.

Regards.