Formatting input prompt in python

Asked Jan 24 '20 at 03:07

Active Jan 24 '20 at 03:08

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Is there a way to format the input field above the options?

Currently,

abc = input('choose an option: \n 1 \n 2 \n')

results in:

choose an option:
1
2
X

with X being where the input will appear. Is there any way to make it like this:

choose an option: X
1
2

so that the input appears in the first line of the prompt?

edited Jan 24 '20 at 03:08

Mateen Ulhaq

asked Jan 24 '20 at 03:07

weasel

If your terminal can interpret "move cursor up, move cursor right" *control characters*, then you can output those. – Mateen Ulhaq Jan 24 '20 at 03:09
Alternatively, there's TUI libraries which you can consider. – Mateen Ulhaq Jan 24 '20 at 03:12
Check if this answers your question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27612545/how-to-change-the-location-of-the-pointer-in-python/27612978#27612978 – Ella Blackledge Jan 24 '20 at 03:45
seems like too complex an implementation for my project if it were to work anyway – weasel Jan 27 '20 at 22:44

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