Re: newlines, newlines ...
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg77680] Re: newlines, newlines ...
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:22:27 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- References: <f4r4nh$ad6$1@smc.vnet.net>
alexxx.magni at gmail.com wrote:
> I am wondering if there is a way, in M, to Print without getting a
> newline each time.
> It happens often to me when debugging, to introduce some kind of
> progress indicator, say:
>
> Print[Floor[100*i/max_i], "%"]
>
> but I didnt want to clutter the screen so much. Besides, hundreds of
> other possibilities come to mind when thinking about output without
> ending newline...
>
> As a side note, trying to solve this (minor) problem, I happened to
> find:
>
> ProgressIndicator[Dynamic[x]]
>
> something which seemed perfect!
> Yet, I'm still unable to use it: for some reasons it is not updated
> <until> the calculation (which requires the progress indicator) is
> finished. At that point, useless, the bar moves from zero to full (and
> yes, dynamic updating is enabled)
>
> Any hint for either problem is really welcome!
>
> Alessandro Magni
You could use *WriteString* and the standard output stream as in,
WriteString["stdout", "Here we are: "]
Do[WriteString["stdout", StringJoin[ToString[n], " .. "]], {n, 10}]
WriteString["stdout", "The End!"]
Here we are: 1 .. 2 .. 3 .. 4 .. 5 .. 6 .. 7 .. 8 .. 9 .. 10 .. The End!
Regards,
Jean-Marc