'Waiting' animation in command prompt (Python)

Question

I have a Python script which takes a long time to run. I\'d quite like to have the command line output to have a little \'waiting\' animation, much like the swirly circle we

Answer 1

A loading bar useful for if you're installing something.

animation = [
"[        ]",
"[=       ]",
"[===     ]",
"[====    ]",
"[=====   ]",
"[======  ]",
"[======= ]",
"[========]",
"[ =======]",
"[  ======]",
"[   =====]",
"[    ====]",
"[     ===]",
"[      ==]",
"[       =]",
"[        ]",
"[        ]"
]

notcomplete = True

i = 0

while notcomplete:
    print(animation[i % len(animation)], end='\r')
    time.sleep(.1)
    i += 1

if you want to make it last a couple seconds do

if i == 17*10:
    break

after the

i += 1