Python print in same line

Question

I've been trying to write my output to the same line and have already searched Stackoverflow. It seems what works for everyone else is not working for me !! Here's my code:

count = float(len(emails))
counter = 0
symbols = ["/","-","|","\\","|"]
for e in emails:
    print '%s inserting emails %s%%\r' % (symbols[counter % 5], counter / count * 100),
    sys.stdout.flush()
    counter += 1

The comma after the print still causes a carriage return !!

| inserting emails 3.312%
\ inserting emails 3.313%
| inserting emails 3.314%
/ inserting emails 3.315%
- inserting emails 3.316%
| inserting emails 3.317%
\ inserting emails 3.318%

What is the issue?

Your code works *in my Mac terminal*. If it doesn't work for you, then your console or terminal doesn't support printing to just the one line with a carriage return. — Martijn Pieters, Nov 12 '14 at 14:48
I believe on some consoles the \r must come at the start of the string, not the end — QuinnFTW, Nov 12 '14 at 14:49
@MartijnPieters Wow !!! Thanks Martijn. Coming from the world of .Net and Visual Studio, I'm baffled by this. — Farhad Alizadeh Noori, Nov 12 '14 at 15:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 12 '14 at 14:49

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There is a chance your console does not support this. You can test your functionality by using the other method of printing without a newline (using sys).

The way to do this is to use sys.stdout.write('') command. As an example:

import sys 
sys.stdout.write('hello %d' %(1))

your output will be

>>> sys.stdout.write('hello %d' %(1))
hello 1>>>

answered Nov 12 '14 at 14:49

Jason B

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Well yes this works and so would the `print "xx",` but the problem is that I need to use '\r'. – Farhad Alizadeh Noori Nov 12 '14 at 14:54

Python print in same line

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