How to flush output of print function?

Question

How do I force Python\'s print function to output to the screen?

_{This is not a duplicate of Disable output buffering - the linked question is attempting unbuffe}

Answer 1

On Python 3, print can take an optional flush argument

print("Hello world!", flush=True)

On Python 2 you'll have to do

import sys
sys.stdout.flush()

after calling print. By default, print prints to sys.stdout (see the documentation for more about file objects).