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How to print over raw_input's line in Python?

Usually, when raw_input asks you to type something in and press Return, feedback is printed on a new line. How can I print over the prompt's line? Could a CR work in this case?

Demo:

prompt = "Question: "
answer = raw_input(prompt)
print answer
print("Correct!")

Simulated output after typing an answer and pressing Return:

>> Question: my answer
>> Correct!

Desired output:

>> Correct!
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octosquidopus Avatar asked Dec 04 '14 21:12

octosquidopus


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2 Answers

Use blessings:

from blessings import Terminal
term = Terminal()

raw_input("Question: ")
print(term.move_up() + "Correct!" + term.clear_eol())

Seriously, that's it.

Here's something fancier:

input(term.red("Question: ") + term.bold)
print(term.normal + term.move_up + term.green("Correct!") + term.clear_eol)

This shows that often calling term.thing is optional because they act similarly to properties. This means you can do awesome stuff like

from blessings import Terminal
term = Terminal()

question = "{t.red}{}{t.normal}{t.bold}".format
answer = "{t.normal}{t.move_up}{t.green}{}{t.normal}{t.clear_eol}".format

input(question("Question: ", t=term))
print(answer("Correct!", t=term))
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Veedrac Avatar answered Sep 22 '22 18:09

Veedrac


This is a solution using curses (at the end it waits for the x key to end the program):

#!/usr/bin/python                                                               

import time
import sys
import curses

def questionloop(stdscr):
    stdscr.addstr("Question: ")
    curses.echo()
    while (1):
      answer = stdscr.getstr()
      curses.flushinp()
      stdscr.clear()
      stdscr.addstr("This is correct!")
      doit = stdscr.getch()
      if doit == ord('x'):
         stdscr.addstr("Exiting!\n")
         break

curses.wrapper(questionloop)

And this is an example using urwid:

import urwid

def exit_on_q(key):
    if key in ('q', 'Q'):
        raise urwid.ExitMainLoop()

class QuestionBox(urwid.Filler):
    def keypress(self, size, key):
        if key != 'enter':
            return super(QuestionBox, self).keypress(size, key)
        self.original_widget = urwid.Text(
            u"%s\n" %
            edit.edit_text)

edit = urwid.Edit(u"Question: \n")
fill = QuestionBox(edit)
loop = urwid.MainLoop(fill, unhandled_input=exit_on_q)
loop.run()

Another (probably most concise) solution, from Veedrac's answer, would be to use blessings:

from blessings import Terminal
term = Terminal()

question = "{t.red}{}{t.normal}{t.bold}".format
answer = "{t.normal}{t.move_up}{t.green}{}{t.normal}{t.clear_eol}".format

input(question("Question: ", t=term))
print(answer("Correct!", t=term))
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syntagma Avatar answered Sep 25 '22 18:09

syntagma