Saturday, July 30, 2022

[SOLVED] Python print statements happening "in batch" instead of one at a time

Issue

Consider the following python code:

import time

if __name__ == '__main__':
    for i in range(10):
        time.sleep(1)
        print(i)

Running this code as a shell script (using the Terminal app on MacOS, if that's relevant) does what I expect: after every second, a number is printed to the screen.

However, I also considered the following modified code in which the print statement is changed:

import time

if __name__ == '__main__':
    for i in range(10):
        time.sleep(1)
        print(i, end=' ')

Here, the code doesn't print a number per second, but rather it waits 10 seconds and then prints all of the numbers to the screen simultaneously. I'm wondering why this is happening, and if there is a way to fix this so that the numbers print one at a time like in the first example?


Solution

this should work just fine

import time

if __name__ == '__main__':
    for i in range(10):
        print(i, end=' ',flush=True)
        time.sleep(1)


Answered By - omar
Answer Checked By - Dawn Plyler (WPSolving Volunteer)
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