I want to print a constant message in the form of:
Time remaining: X Seconds
Where X will be a count-down number. But I don't want to have an output like:
Time remaining: 5 Seconds
Time remaining: 4 Seconds
Time remaining: 3 Seconds
Time remaining: 2 Seconds ...
I want only the number to change in the same text line. Is it possible using escape sequences or other way?
You also have the flush parameter in the print method (I just discovered it as well):
from time import sleep
for i in range(10):
print(f"\rTime remaining: {i} Seconds", end='', flush=True)
sleep(1)
Yes you can!
Please refer to the answer found here
The code has been modified a little to look more like you want, and to use the more recent string formatting.
from time import sleep
import sys
for i in range(10):
sys.stdout.write("\rTime remaining: {} Seconds".format(i))
sys.stdout.flush()
sleep(1)
print '\n'
Add argument end='\r' in your print function.
import time
x = 10
width = str(len(str(x)))
while x > 0:
print('Time remaining: {{:{:}}} seconds'.format(width).format(x), end='\r')
x -= 1
time.sleep(1)
You may also refer to this post.
And got it to work. The "stuff" is there to show that texted displayed before the count down is not getting 'clear'ed
import time
import sys
num = 5
print('stuff')
while(num >= 0):
sys.stdout.write("\rTime remaining: {} Seconds".format(num))
sys.stdout.flush()
time.sleep(1)
num -= 1
You can set end= " " to remove newlines and add a carriage return '\r'
So the correct program which should work for you is:
n = 100
while n > 0:
print('\rTime remaining: {} Seconds'.format(n), end=' ')
n -= 1
time.sleep(1)
print(' ')
