print("Loading", end="...") print("Done") Output: Loading...Done 1. Progress indicator (same line) import time for i in range(5): print(f"\rStep i+1", end="") time.sleep(1)
Python 2 also works with: from __future__ import print_function (then use Python 3 style) ❌ Forgetting the empty string
print("Hello", end=" ") print("World") Output: Hello World python print no newline
print("Hello", end="") ❌ Summary Table | Goal | Code | |------|------| | No newline, nothing after | print("x", end="") | | Space instead of newline | print("x", end=" ") | | Custom separator | print("x", end="---") | | Overwrite same line | print(f"\rx", end="") | Quick Reference Card # Default print("A"); print("B") # A\nB\n No newline print("A", end=""); print("B") # AB Space separator print("A", end=" "); print("B") # A B Custom print("A", end="<-"); print("B") # A<-B
print("Hello", end) # TypeError ✅
\r returns cursor to line start, overwriting previous text. items = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"] for item in items: print(item, end=" | ") Output: apple | banana | cherry | 3. Building a line gradually sentence = "" for word in ["Python", "is", "fun"]: print(word, end=" ") sentence += word + " " print("\nFinal:", sentence) Differences by Python Version | Version | Without newline | |---------|----------------| | Python 3 | print("text", end="") | | Python 2 | print "text", (trailing comma) |
print("Hello") print("World") Output:
Hello World Use the end parameter in print() to control what is printed at the end instead of \n . Basic Usage print("Hello", end="") print("World") Output: HelloWorld