Overwriting/clearing previous console line

Question

My problem is, that I want to be able to overwrite/clear previous printed line in python console. This question has been asked many times (Python - Remove and Replace Printe

Answer 1

You need to run your program form the command line, not from within IDLE.

Then, this should work:

import sys
import time

for i in range(10):
    sys.stdout.write("\r" + "Loading" + "." * i)
    time.sleep(1)
    sys.stdout.flush()
print()

The \r goes to beginning of the line. So you have to make sure the string you print is at least as long as the one before. Otherwise, you will see parts of the previous print.