Why While True loop does not interrupt by `KeyboardInterrupt` on Pycharm?

Question

I want to interrupt my while True loop in below code but it does not work:

try:  
    while True:  
        print(1)    
except KeyboardInterrupt:  
    print('interrupted!')  
    exit()

I am running this code in PyCharm. Why isn't Ctrl+C triggering KeyboardInterrupt?

Possible duplicate of [How to kill a while loop with a keystroke?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13180941/how-to-kill-a-while-loop-with-a-keystroke) — vahdet, Jul 12 '18 at 14:37
What operating system are you using? And how are you running that code? Clearly it works for many people, including me. I'm running it on Linux via bash. — Chris, Jul 12 '18 at 14:43
Why would you think you need to import a module? Are you getting an error message? What does "not working" mean? _Please_ (a) read [ask] and (b) answer the questions we're asking you. — Chris, Jul 12 '18 at 14:45
I am using Windows10 and Pycharm and run the code by Pycharm also. — Farid Khosravi, Jul 12 '18 at 14:46
Possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/q/39796689/354577 — Chris, Jul 12 '18 at 14:49

ReKx · Answer 1 · 2018-07-12T14:59:28.160

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Have you tried pressing Ctrl+C, because that's the correct way of causing KeyboardInterrupt

As @Chris mentioned it won't work for pycharm. Try using Ctrl+F2 for that

edited Jul 12 '18 at 14:59

answered Jul 12 '18 at 14:39

ReKx

I tried 'Ctrl+C','Ctrl+X','Delete','Esc' and none of them works. – Farid Khosravi Jul 12 '18 at 14:42

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 12 '18 at 14:53

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answered Jul 12 '18 at 14:53

Chris

The documentation this links to appears to be up to date, @Chiel. What OS are you on? – Chris Jun 06 '19 at 01:46
I am currently on Windows 10. Ctrl + F2 does terminate the program, but it does not trigger a KeyboardInterrupt exception. – Chiel Jun 06 '19 at 16:39

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