In the code below, the diamond characters (\4) are not printed immediately but after the loop is completed. Any ideas why?
from os import system from time import sleep def load(): system('cls') i = 0 sleep(1) print("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t Loading ", end=' ') for i in range(6): sleep(1) print("\4", end=' ') sleep(2) load() The printing is working in Python IDLE for me. In Windows cmd it does not. Removing the end=' ' solves this, but then each diamond gets printed on a new line.
Depending on your OS you have to change the line ending. Check this page for more info on that: Python print on same line
This is working on Windows:
from os import system from time import sleep import sys def load(): system('cls') i = 0 sleep(1) sys.stdout.write("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t Loading ") for i in range(6): sleep(1) sys.stdout.write("\4") sys.stdout.flush() sleep(2) load() 
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