How do i delete a printed text in python and replace it with another text

Question

I am kind of bad at all this programming stuff and i need help.

I want my code to print something like hello world and then after lets say 1 second
delete that text and replace it with how are you? I have tried various thing like 'clear' and '/b' but nothing is working, if you can help that would be amazing.

import time
print('hello world')
time.sleep(3)
#The text deleting code here...
print('how are you?')

In which environment you're running the code? – kasravnd Jun 23 '18 at 15:51 — kasravnd, Jun 23 '18 at 15:51
Python Idle is what i'm using. – PyProgrammerNoob Jun 23 '18 at 15:52 — PyProgrammerNoob, Jun 23 '18 at 15:52
If your gonna ask the version as well it is 3.6.2 – PyProgrammerNoob Jun 23 '18 at 15:54 — PyProgrammerNoob, Jun 23 '18 at 15:54

Austin · Answer 1 · 2018-06-23T15:56:50.040

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Use end parameter of print(). By default, it's assigned \n. Instead, use a carriage return which is used to move the carriage back to the left side (beginning) of the current line.

import time
print('hello world', end='\r')
time.sleep(3)
#The text deleting code here...
print('how are you?')

edited Jun 23 '18 at 15:56

answered Jun 23 '18 at 15:51

Austin

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Thank you for the contribution but when i ran it in Idle it didn't work – PyProgrammerNoob Jun 23 '18 at 16:03
Unfortunately, Python idle does not support `\r`. Read about it [here](https://bugs.python.org/issue23220). You could run this code on command prompt and get desired output. – Austin Jun 23 '18 at 16:23

How do i delete a printed text in python and replace it with another text

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