multiple prints on the same line in Python

Question

I want to run a script, which basically shows an output like this:

Installing XXX...               [DONE]

Currently, I print Installi

Answer 1

None of the answers worked for me since they all paused until a new line was encountered. I wrote a simple helper:

def print_no_newline(string):
    import sys
    sys.stdout.write(string)
    sys.stdout.flush()

To test it:

import time
print_no_newline('hello ')
# Simulate a long task
time.sleep(2)
print('world')

"hello " will first print out and flush to the screen before the sleep. After that you can use standard print.