Print in one line dynamically

Question

I would like to make several statements that give standard output without seeing newlines in between statements.

Specifically, suppose I have:

for it         


        

Answer 1

change

print item

to

print "\033[K", item, "\r",
sys.stdout.flush()

• "\033[K" clears to the end of the line
• the \r, returns to the beginning of the line
• the flush statement makes sure it shows up immediately so you get real-time output.