Op 2010-12-12 22:33, Steven D'Aprano schreef:
> Terry Carroll wrote:
>
>> import time
>> for t in range(10,0, -1):
>> print "%s \x0D" %t,
>> time.sleep(1)
>> print # get to next line
>> print "Done!"
>
> Which operating system and terminal did you use?
>
> In my experience, using print is not satisfactory, because the print
> command buffers the output and doesn't actually print anything until
> either a newline or you have a certain number of characters. So the
> above will queue up the following string:
>
> "10 \r9 \r8 \r7 \r6 \r5 \r4 \r3 \r2 \r1 \r\n"
>
> before anything becomes visible, and of course that just looks like "1".
Instead of print, use sys.stdout.write():
import sys
import time
for t in range(10, 0, -1):
sys.stdout.write('\r%s ' % t)
time.sleep(1)
sys.stdout.write('\n')
sys.stdout.write('Done!')
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