Source code for openquake.engine.utils

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[docs]def confirm(prompt):
    """
    Ask for confirmation, given a ``prompt`` and return a boolean value.
    """
    while True:
        try:
            answer = input(prompt)
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            # the user presses ctrl+c, just say 'no'
            return False
        answer = answer.strip().lower()
        if answer not in ('y', 'n'):
            print('Please enter y or n')
            continue
        return answer == 'y'