Using sys.stdout.write() will work if you do not add your own '\n' to the 
end of it.

Otherwise, add a *comma* to th eprint statement, liek so:

print "Crap",

Markus.

On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 16:18:50 -0000, Andrew Wilkinson 
<ajw126NO@[...].uk>  wrote:

>  Jason Morgan wrote:
> > How do I print (stdout) to the same line repeatedly? I want to offer a
> > status bar for a script. I have tried the following:
> >
> > def statprint(s):  # s is a string
> > import sys
> > sys.stdout.write(s+" "*(78-len(s))+"\r")
> >
> > I got this from this ASPN page:
> >
> > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/146038
> >
> > which seemed to be refering to Windows (I'm writing for Linux/*BSD). I
> > have tried the above function, but it prints in the same manner as
> > 'print' does.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the help in advance.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jason
> 
>  Try just adding a semicolon at the end of the print statement.
>  For example
> 
>  print 1,
>  print 2
> 
>  will give you
>  1 2
> 
>  HTH,
>  Andrew Wilkinson
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