print before sleep in python

[Ahmed MOHAMED ALI]

Hi avik,
it works for me.Here's the code that i tried

>>> import time
>>> def test_sleep():
>>>      print "before sleep"
>>>      time.sleep(5)
>>>      print "after sleep"

>>>    test_sleep()
>>>     before sleep
and after the period
>>> after sleep





"Avik Ghose" <avik at rebaca.com> wrote in message
news:32098fec.0312222255.655750c3 at posting.google.com...
> Hi All,
> What I am trying to acheive is very simple. I want to print something
> to the screen(sys.stdout) and then go to sleep (time.sleep) for a some
> duration. Now, I want the thread to print the message first and then
> go to sleep. But what actually happens is that it prints after coming
> back to ready state. I have tried to flush the stdout
> (sys.stdout.flush) but it did not work. I hope many of you will be
> able to help me out. Thanks a lot in advance.
> Regards,
> Avik