Printing repeatedly on same line

[Jason Morgan]

Thanks, that was too easy.

Jason


On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 11:28:27AM -0500, Markus Wankus wrote:
> Using sys.stdout.write() will work if you do not add your own '\n' to the 
> end of it.
> 
> Otherwise, add a *comma* to th eprint statement, liek so:
> 
> print "Crap",
> 
> Markus.
> 
> On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 16:18:50 -0000, Andrew Wilkinson 
> <ajw126NO at SPAMyork.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> >Jason Morgan wrote:
> >>How do I print (stdout) to the same line repeatedly? I want to offer a
> >>status bar for a script. I have tried the following:
> >>
> >>def statprint(s):  # s is a string
> >>import sys
> >>sys.stdout.write(s+" "*(78-len(s))+"\r")
> >>
> >>I got this from this ASPN page:
> >>
> >>http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/146038
> >>
> >>which seemed to be refering to Windows (I'm writing for Linux/*BSD). I
> >>have tried the above function, but it prints in the same manner as
> >>'print' does.
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks for the help in advance.
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>Jason
> >
> >Try just adding a semicolon at the end of the print statement.
> >For example
> >
> >print 1,
> >print 2
> >
> >will give you
> >1 2
> >
> >HTH,
> >Andrew Wilkinson
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