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How to read multiple lines of raw input?

I want to create a Python program which takes in multiple lines of user input. For example:

This is a multilined input.
It has multiple sentences.
Each sentence is on a newline.

How can I take in multiple lines of raw input?

Solution 
  • sentinel = '' # ends when this string is seen
for line in iter(input, sentinel):
    pass # do things here

    To get every line as a string you can do:

    '\n'.join(iter(input, sentinel))

    Python 2:

    '\n'.join(iter(raw_input, sentinel))