multiple prints on the same line in Python

Question

I want to run a script, which basically shows an output like this:

Installing XXX...               [DONE]

Currently, I print Installi

Answer 1

Most simple:

Python 3

    print('\r' + 'something to be override', end='')

It means it will back the cursor to beginning, than will print something and will end in the same line. If in a loop it will start printing in the same place it starts.

Answer 2

Python appends newline as an end to print. Use end=' ' for python3 for print method to append a space instead of a newline. for python2 use comma at end of print statement.

print("Foo",end=' ')
print('Bar')

Answer 3

This is a very old thread, but here's a very thorough answer and sample code.

\r is the string representation of Carriage Return from the ASCII character set. It's the same as octal 015 [chr(0o15)] or hexidecimal 0d [chr(0x0d)] or decimal 13 [chr(13)]. See man ascii for a boring read. It (\r) is a pretty portable representation and is easy enough for people to read. It very simply means to move the carriage on the typewriter all the way back to the start without advancing the paper. It's the CR part of CRLF which means Carriage Return and Line Feed.

print() is a function in Python 3. In Python 2 (any version that you'd be interested in using), print can be forced into a function by importing its definition from the __future__ module. The benefit of the print function is that you can specify what to print at the end, overriding the default behavior of \n to print a newline at the end of every print() call.

sys.stdout.flush tells Python to flush the output of standard output, which is where you send output with print() unless you specify otherwise. You can also get the same behavior by running with python -u or setting environment variable PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1, thereby skipping the import sys and sys.stdout.flush() calls. The amount you gain by doing that is almost exactly zero and isn't very easy to debug if you conveniently forget that you have to do that step before your application behaves properly.

And a sample. Note that this runs perfectly in Python 2 or 3.

from __future__ import print_function

import sys
import time

ANS = 42
FACTORS = {n for n in range(1, ANS + 1) if ANS % n == 0}

for i in range(1, ANS + 1):
    if i in FACTORS:
        print('\r{0:d}'.format(i), end='')
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(ANS / 100.0)
else:
    print()

Answer 4

You should use backspace '\r' or ('\x08') char to go back on previous position in console output

Python 2+:

import time
import sys

def backspace(n):
    sys.stdout.write((b'\x08' * n).decode()) # use \x08 char to go back   

for i in range(101):                        # for 0 to 100
    s = str(i) + '%'                        # string for output
    sys.stdout.write(s)                     # just print
    sys.stdout.flush()                      # needed for flush when using \x08
    backspace(len(s))                       # back n chars    
    time.sleep(0.2)                         # sleep for 200ms

Python 3:

import time   

def backline():        
    print('\r', end='')                     # use '\r' to go back


for i in range(101):                        # for 0 to 100
    s = str(i) + '%'                        # string for output
    print(s, end='')                        # just print and flush
    backline()                              # back to the beginning of line    
    time.sleep(0.2)                         # sleep for 200ms

This code will count from 0% to 100% on one line. Final value will be:

> python test.py
100%

Additional info about flush in this case here: Why do python print statements that contain 'end=' arguments behave differently in while-loops?

Answer 5

print() has a built in parameter "end" that is by default set to "\n" Calling print("This is America") is actually calling print("This is America", end = "\n"). An easy way to do is to call print("This is America", end ="")

Answer 6

Print has an optional end argument, it is what printed in the end. The default is a newline, but you can change it to empty string. e.g. print("hello world!", end="")