Why does my "print letter with delay" script print all at once?

Question

I'm attempting to make a script that prints letter by letter with a small time gap in between each letter. But, instead of printing each letter, it just waits for the combinded time of each letter then prints the entire string.

import time
def tyPrint(thingToPrint):
    for letter in thingToPrint:
        print(letter, end="")
        time.sleep(.02)
tyPrint("ow my bones")

What's wrong with my code?

You must `flush` if you don't print out a newline (read the docs for `print`). — Michael Butscher, Nov 04 '17 at 23:06

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 04 '17 at 23:10

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import time
import sys
def tyPrint(thingToPrint):
    for letter in thingToPrint:
        print(letter, end="")
        time.sleep(.02)
        sys.stdout.flush()
tyPrint("ow my bones")

answered Nov 04 '17 at 23:10

domandinho

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Why does my "print letter with delay" script print all at once?

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