Python Progress Bar

Question

How do I use a progress bar when my script is doing some task that is likely to take time?

For example, a function which takes some time to complete and returns

Answer 1

I used format() method to make a load bar. Here is my solution:

import time

loadbarwidth = 23

for i in range(1, loadbarwidth + 1):
    time.sleep(0.1) 

    strbarwidth = '[{}{}] - {}\r'.format(
        (i * '#'),
        ((loadbarwidth - i) * '-'),
        (('{:0.2f}'.format(((i) * (100/loadbarwidth))) + '%'))
    )

    print(strbarwidth ,end = '')

print()

Output:

[#######################] - 100.00%