A simple python function that Prompts user on the standard console for confirmation. The user can choose one of multiple meanings either meaning Yes or No. Any other input will result in a bad input and the user will be prompted again. The user will be allowed to enter bad inputs exactly equal to the value of 'retries' parameter. Valid inputs fo…

console_confirmation.py

def console_confirmation(question, retries=4, message='Bad answer! Please try again.'):
    """
    Prompts user on the standard console for confirmation.
    The user can choose one of multiple meanings either meaning Yes or No.
    Any other input will result in a bad input and the user will be prompted again.
    The user will be allowed to enter bad inputs exactly equal to the value of 'retries' parameter.
    Valid inputs for Yes response are 'y', 'yes', 'sure', 'alright', 'right', 'all right', 'positive', 'certainly', 'for sure', 'indeed', 'agreed', 'absolutely', 'affirmative'
    Valid inputs for No response are 'n', 'no', 'nope', 'na', 'nah', 'nada', 'negative', 'not really', 'not', 'no way', 'no ways'
    """
    answer = raw_input(question + '\n')
    if answer.lower() in ('y', 'yes', 'sure', 'alright', 'right', 'all right', 'positive', 'certainly', 'for sure', 'indeed', 'agreed', 'absolutely', 'affirmative'):
        return True
    if answer.lower() in ('n', 'no', 'nope', 'na', 'nah', 'nada', 'negative', 'not really', 'not', 'no way', 'no ways'):
        return False
    print message
    if retries < 1:
        raise ValueError('Multiple bad answers!')
    else:
        return console_confirmation(question, retries=retries - 1, message=message)