printing dots in simple program while waiting

[John Machin]

On Jan 10, 6:30 am, John <john.m.ro... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 9, 12:14 pm, "Reedick, Andrew" <jr9... at ATT.COM> wrote:
>
>
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: python-list-bounces+jr9445=att.... at python.org [mailto:python-
> > > list-bounces+jr9445=att.... at python.org] On Behalf Of Martin Marcher
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:57 AM
> > > To: python-l... at python.org
> > > Subject: Re: printing dots in simple program while waiting
>
> > > John wrote:
>
> > > > import time
> > > > s = '.'
> > > > print 'working', # Note the "," at the end of the line
> > > > while True:
> > > >     print s
> > > >     time.sleep(1)
>
> > > see my comment in the code above...
>
> > > if that's what you mean
>
> > Bah.  The trailing command may prevent the newline, but it appends a
> > space whether you want it or not.[1]  Use sys.stdout.write('.') instead.
>
> > import sys
>
> > print "wussy nanny state, tax 'n spend my spaces, liberal comma:"
> > for i in range(1, 10):
> >         print '.',
> > print
> > print "manly neo-con I know what's Right so keep your government out of
> > my strings! print:"
> > for i in range(1, 10):
> >         sys.stdout.write('.')
>
> > [1] Which has to be _the_ most annoying feature of Python.  *grrr*
>
> > *****
>
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>
> Thanks for all of the help.  This is what ended up working:
>
> import time
> import sys
>
> s = '.'
> sys.stdout.write( 'working' )
> while True:
>         sys.stdout.write( s )
>         sys.stdout.flush()
>         time.sleep(0.5)

For your next trick, write a "spinner" using |/-\ in succession :-)