python print one line same space

Question

I need to print 'ok' in same place. Any ways to do it?

I've found solutions but they don't works with IDLE correctly:

 while (count < 9):
      if statusm == "<Status>OK</Status>":
         print "ok",

I want every 'ok' on the same line. Thanks!

More information is needed to answer this. What do you mean by "same palce" and where are you printing to? A file, a Windows Terminal? — Will, Feb 09 '13 at 16:07
yes windows terminal that code print ok ok ok ok ok without the , prints ok new line and other ok i just need one ok no more — Gerswin Lee, Feb 09 '13 at 16:09
@Gerswin Lee Could you rephrase your sentence in a comprehensible manner please ? "windows terminal that code print ok ok ok ok ok without the , prints ok new line" : what the hell does it mean ??? — eyquem, Feb 09 '13 at 16:30
How can you tell when 'ok' is printed more once if it is printed in the same place? — dansalmo, Jun 06 '13 at 22:24

Matt · Answer 1 · 2013-02-09T16:54:31.353

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Something like this?

Code:

for i in range(5):
    print '\b\b\bok',

Or, if your 'ok' is at the beginning of the line you can use a single '\r' instead:

for i in range(5):
    print '\rok',

Output:

ok

edited Feb 09 '13 at 16:54

answered Feb 09 '13 at 16:11

Matt

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And in general, '\r' will back up to the beginning of the line. – chepner Feb 09 '13 at 16:18
@GerswinLee Looks like windows terminals don't like the backspace character. You could try `\r` instead, but I suspect the result will be the same. – Matt Feb 09 '13 at 16:20
@GerswinLee [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9667462/backspace-behavior-in-python-statement-what-is-correct-behavior-of-printing-a) seems to suggest that backspace should work in windows terminals. Can you replicate the results shown there? – Matt Feb 09 '13 at 16:32

dymayday · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-14T12:41:38.313

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For example, if you want to print "OK" in the exact same spot, you can do :

for i in range(0, 10000):
    print("\rOK", end='')

Result :

OK

worte 10000 times on the same console spot.

edited May 14 '14 at 12:41

answered Jun 06 '13 at 21:19

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Doesn't seem to work on python 2.7 + ipython. Anything I need to change? – rohitkulky Apr 16 '15 at 10:08

eyquem · Answer 3 · 2013-02-09T20:27:56.470

That ? :

from sys import stdout

count = 1    
statusm = "<Status>OK</Status>"
while (count < 9):
      if statusm == "<Status>OK</Status>":
          stdout.write('OK')
          count += 1

EDIT

I think it isn't possible to do just one OK, in IDLE. But the following code will give idea of what is possible in a console:

from sys import stdout
from time import sleep

several = ("<Status>OK</Status>",
           "<Status>bad</Status>",
           "<Status>OK</Status>",
           "<Status>bad</Status>",
           "<Status>yes</Status>",
           "<Status>OK</Status>",
           "<Status>none</Status>",
           "<Status>bad</Status>",
           "<Status>OK</Status>",
           "<Status>yes</Status>")

good = ('OK','yes')

for i,status in enumerate(several):
    y = str(i)
    stdout.write(y)
    stdout.write(' OK' if any(x in status for x in good) else ' --')
    sleep(1.0)
    stdout.write('\b \b\b \b\b \b')
    for c in y:  stdout.write('\b \b')

result

OKOKOKOKOKOKOKOK

just one ok, maybe is not possible – Gerswin Lee Feb 09 '13 at 16:33 — Gerswin Lee, Feb 09 '13 at 16:33

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 09 '13 at 16:34

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If you need to print them one at a time, use one of the other answers. This will print them all at once:

my_var = ''
while (count < 9):
      if statusm == "<Status>OK</Status>":
         my_var += 'ok'
print my_var

answered Feb 09 '13 at 16:34

Rushy Panchal

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