Print Status in a single line

Question

It is possible to make a status report of the script via terminal?

For example, I have a function called test, before it is executed, the script displays in the terminal:

'Run test ################################################################################## ]'

And after the execution of the function steps, it would replace the Loading by 'OK' getting:

'Run test ################################################################################## ]'

How to do this or something similar to this in Python?

Answer 1

You do. Use the \r at the beginning of your string. What this special character does is replace the text from the beginning of the current line with a new one. Example:

import time
sprites = ["\\ ","| ","/ ","--"]
i = 0

while True:
    print("\r Loading... %s"%sprites[i],end="")
    time.sleep(0.3)
    i += 1
    if i >= len(sprites):
        i = 0

Like I said, the "\r" replace the text from the beginning with a new one, but the rest of the text remains the same. So if I run this code here:

print("\r Como você está ?",end="")
print("\r Estou bem.",end="")
input()

The final result will be:

Estou bem.está ?

That’s because the second print did not have enough characters to replace the rest of the text.