doing successive prints without space in between

[Jon Perez]

I'd like to print a series of successive periods as a
progress status in a command line script using python.
Unforutnately, if I do a series of successive

print ".",

I get a space in between. Is there any way to avoid
this?

[Dave Kuhlman]

Jon Perez wrote:

I'd like to print a series of successive periods as a
progress status in a command line script using python.
Unforutnately, if I do a series of successive

print ".",

I get a space in between. Is there any way to avoid
this?

import sys

sys.stdout.write('.')

The print command sends its output to sys.stdout (which you can
customize, by the way, by replacing sys.stdout with an instance of
a class containing a 'write' method; see
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-sys.html)

Dave

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[Brian van den Broek]

Jon Perez said unto the world upon 02/07/2004 16:00:

I'd like to print a series of successive periods as a
progress status in a command line script using python.
Unforutnately, if I do a series of successive

print ".",

I get a space in between. Is there any way to avoid
this?

Hi,

mid-June there was a thread "Printing a progress bar" on the Tutor list
that might be of interest to you.

Best,

Brian vdB

[Harry George]

Jon Perez <jb********@yahoo.com> writes:

I'd like to print a series of successive periods as a
progress status in a command line script using python.
Unforutnately, if I do a series of successive

print ".",

I get a space in between. Is there any way to avoid
this?

This show up regularly and might be a FAQ. The print is trying to
help you out. If you want total control, go to the lower levels:

wr=sys.stdout #redirect as desired

def myprint(txt):
wr.write(txt) #raw print
wr.flush() #flush the dots as they occur

for i in range(100):
do_something()
myprint('.')

myprint('\n')

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