[python3]

[Steve Holden]

Kevin Adams wrote:
> Greetings!
> 
> Please forgive me if im posting this to the wrong group.
> 
> I'm new to Python, learning Python3 from the O'rielly "Learning
> Python" book.  Reading
> about operator overloading, specifically __getitem__.   I put together
> a small bit of code to
> do some experimenting and threw in a timer so i can see it do its
> thing.  For some reason
> the time.sleep(x) function doesnt work when my print function includes
> "end=''".
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> 
Try the following changes:

> ---code---
> 
> class TestClass():
>     def __init__(self):
>         self.data = "I was far from home and the spell of the eastern
> sea was upon me."
> 
>     def __getitem__(self,i):
>         return self.data[i]
> 
> 
> import time

import sys
> 
> if __name__ == "__main__":
> 
>     me = TestClass()
>     for x in me:
>         print(x,end='')  #if i remove the 'end='''  it performs as i'd
> expect
          sys.stdout.flush()

>         time.sleep(int(2))
> 

It may just be that the output is being held in buffers until the
program terminates. the fluch() methof pushes it straight out.

regards
 Steve
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