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Writing text letter by letter

I'm somewhat new to programming and Python. I'm actually making a little function which write a sentence letter by letter. Here's the code :

import time

def slowWriting(txt, speed=0.01):
    for c in txt:
        print(c, end='\r')
        time.sleep(speed)
    print()

The issue is that when building the function with cxfreeze, and executing the .exe, for the line :

<module_name>.slowWriting("abcd")

Instead of displaying :

abcd

The console displays : 

d

In fact, when a character is displayed, he replaces the previous displayed character... How to make it work ?

Thanks for reading and your potential answer.

Solution

  • \r is carriage return. It returns the cursor to the beginning of the line. That is why you are seeing this behavior. You should use '' as the end character for print.