[python3]

[Kevin Adams]

On Mar 19, 2:21 pm, Terry Reedy <tjre... at udel.edu> wrote:
> On 3/19/2010 1:42 PM, Kevin Adams wrote:
>
> > Please forgive me if im posting this to the wrong group.
>
> Just the right place. I would suggest a more informative title in the
> future though. 'Problem with print and sleep.', for instance.
>
>
>
> > I'm new to Python, learning Python3 from the O'rielly "Learning
> > Python" book.  Reading
> > about operator overloading, specifically __getitem__.   I put together
> > a small bit of code to
> > do some experimenting and threw in a timer so i can see it do its
> > thing.
>
> Good idea. Welcome to Python.
>
> >  For some reason
> > the time.sleep(x) function doesnt work when my print function includes
> > "end=''".
>
> I cut your code, pasted it into IDLE edit window, and made two minor
> modifications. For me (3.1, winxp) it works perfectly either way --
> chars print at 1 sec intervals either vertically or horizonatally. So I
> am not sure what you are claiming.
>
>
>
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> > ---code---
>
> > class TestClass():
> >      def __init__(self):
> >          self.data = "I was far from home and the spell of the eastern
> > sea was upon me."
>
> I shortened string
>
>
>
> >      def __getitem__(self,i):
> >          return self.data[i]
>
> > import time
>
> > if __name__ == "__main__":
>
> >      me = TestClass()
> >      for x in me:
> >          print(x,end='')  #if i remove the 'end='''  it performs as i'd
> > expect
> >          time.sleep(int(2))
>
> int(2) == 2, so delete irrelevant call, and 1 sec is enough
>
> Terry Jan Reedy

Thanks to all!!!

It did indeed turn out to be a need to flush the stdout.

K

ps.  sorry for the brief subject, i wasnt finish and hit send before
comming back to it.