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Re: Update stdout instead of writing new line [message #85029 is a reply to message #85027]

Mon, 24 June 2013 13:31

David Fanning
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Stefan writes:

> I had hoped that someone here might be able to answer this quick question:
>
> I like to monitor my progress by writing stuff into the terminal, but it would be much more convenient to update the output instead of writing a new line.
>
> e.g.:
> FOR i=1,100 DO PRINT, i
>
> writes 100 lines in the terminal. Would it be possible to overwrite the previous output so that in the end only one line is used?
>
> Thanks for any hints :)

http://www.idlcoyote.com/fileio_tips/lfsuppress.html

Cheers,

David

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		Update stdout instead of writing new line By: stefan.meingast on Mon, 24 June 2013 13:17
		Re: Update stdout instead of writing new line By: Lajos Foldy on Mon, 24 June 2013 13:29
		Re: Update stdout instead of writing new line By: David Fanning on Mon, 24 June 2013 13:31
		Re: Update stdout instead of writing new line By: stefan.meingast on Mon, 24 June 2013 13:46
		Re: Update stdout instead of writing new line By: Lajos Foldy on Mon, 24 June 2013 14:00
		Re: Update stdout instead of writing new line By: Karlo Janos on Mon, 24 June 2013 23:54
		Re: Update stdout instead of writing new line By: Bill Nel on Tue, 25 June 2013 07:55
		Re: Update stdout instead of writing new line By: stefan.meingast on Mon, 24 June 2013 15:19

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