Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!gordon From: John Gordon Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Typing letters slowly using sys Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 15:14:20 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <44fa9565-c6cd-4a46-ad28-97417b403444@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1365174860 20917 166.84.1.2 (5 Apr 2013 15:14:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 15:14:20 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: nn/6.7.3 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:42832 In Matt writes: > Sorry guys, I may have not been clear. The part I pasted does work, but > I cannot figure out how to get that to print after the word "Loading". So > it will instantly print "Loading", and then the "..........." will appear > slowly Have you tried: sys.stdout.write('Loading') sys.stdout.flush() -- John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs gordon@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"