how to compare keyboard input to a string in Python?

Question

I m trying to compare keyboard input to a string:

import sys

# read from keyboard
line = sys.stdin.readline()
if line == \"stop\":
    print \'stop detected\'
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Answer 1

sys.stdin.readline() includes the trailing newline character. Either use raw_input(), or compare line.rstrip("\n") to the string you are looking for (or even line.strip().lower()).