Print to same line in console, over previous text, Python 3.6

Question

I have tried all the scripts mentioned in other questions, but not working for me.

for x in range (0,10):
    print(x, end='\r', flush=True)
    print(x, sep='\r', end='', flush=True)
    print('\r', x)

Please help on this.

@dirtybit, It should print on same place, For me printing like 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, I want to overwrite in same place, at last 9 should be there — Learnings, Apr 01 '19 at 11:56

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 01 '19 at 11:52

2

You probably want to overwrite the text, right?

You need to write backspaces to delete the last line and then print the next one. Check out this post for an example: How to create a spinning command line cursor?

answered Apr 01 '19 at 11:52

rdas

Yes want to overwrite – Learnings Apr 01 '19 at 11:53
Please not that if you want to see the text get overwritten you'll probably need to add some delay in the loop. – rdas Apr 01 '19 at 11:54

DirtyBit · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-01T11:59:24.193

1

Perhaps, you want a time.sleep(1) to have a better visualization, using stdout.write:

import sys
import time
for i in range(5):
    sys.stdout.write('\r' + str(i))
    time.sleep(1)

OUTPUT:

edited Apr 01 '19 at 11:59

answered Apr 01 '19 at 11:50

DirtyBit

1

Thanks, will check from Terminal, Python basic IDLE not happening. – Learnings Apr 01 '19 at 12:04

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 01 '19 at 11:51

1

>>> for x in range(10):
...  print('\r', x, end='')
... 
 9>>>

As you can see, all the other numbers got overwritten because to the carriage-return symbol \r.

answered Apr 01 '19 at 11:51

ForceBru

For me printing like 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, I want to overwrite – Learnings Apr 01 '19 at 11:55
@SPy, where are you running this? it seems like your terminal doesn't support the carriage-return symbol. Try to run this in a regular terminal provided by your OS. – ForceBru Apr 01 '19 at 11:58
Running in Python IDLE – Learnings Apr 01 '19 at 12:00
@SPy, well, that's the problem. Run this in a normal terminal instead. – ForceBru Apr 01 '19 at 12:01
Thanks, will check from Terminal – Learnings Apr 01 '19 at 12:05

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