How do make text in print() and input() appear one by one?

Question

Almost like an RPG game, I want to make text appear as if someone is typing them. I have an idea of how to do it with the print() function in python, something involving the sleep() and maybe with sys.stdout.flush?

How would I do it text coming before an input function?

For example, I want What is your name? to be typed out, and then the user would input his name.

what do you mean with the `input` function? The user is putting in the text you can't control his speed. If you mean the message of the `input`, simply print it separatly and then use `input()` — Tomerikoo, Dec 18 '19 at 23:15
I don't fully understand the question. What exactly do you want to do with the input function? [For your initial question about the print function](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36896844/how-to-make-python-print-one-character-at-a-time-on-the-same-line) — Ibraheem Ahmed, Dec 18 '19 at 23:15
Just print the characters one at a time in a loop using `''` for the `end` argument then the line after the loop would be `input()` with no prompt. — wwii, Dec 18 '19 at 23:20
Sorry, the text that comes before the input function, as in x = input('What is your name?') — pythongames12, Dec 18 '19 at 23:21
Sorry, something like: def inputTyping(): and I could call the function every time I wanted the user to input something — pythongames12, Dec 18 '19 at 23:27
what's the problem, define that function and put those 2 lines inside — Tomerikoo, Dec 18 '19 at 23:27
Do you mean something like def inputType(): x = input() print(x) — pythongames12, Dec 18 '19 at 23:40
Yes, I have answered the question, and put it into a function. — Ibraheem Ahmed, Dec 18 '19 at 23:50

oppressionslayer · Answer 1 · 2019-12-18T23:43:28.407

You can use this:

text = 'What is your name? '
for x in text:
   sys.stdout.write(x)
   sys.stdout.flush()
   time.sleep(0.00001)
name = input()

you can randomize the sleep time per loop as well to mimic typing even better like this:

import time,sys,random
text = 'What is your name? '
for x in text:
   sys.stdout.write(x)
   sys.stdout.flush()
   time.sleep(random.uniform(.000001, .000019))
name = input()

as Tomerikoo pointed out, some systems have faster/slow delays so you may need to use uniform(.01, .5) on another system. I use OS/X.

On windows this probably works better. Thanks Tomerikoo:

import time,sys,random
text = 'What is your name? '
for x in text:
   print(x, end="", flush=True)
   time.sleep(random.uniform(.000001, .000019))
   # or smaller sleep time, really depends on your system:
   # time.sleep(random.uniform(.01, .5))
name = input()

it depends on your system, you'll definitely need to play around with the values. I'm on a mac for example, and it prints in real time — oppressionslayer, Dec 18 '19 at 23:27
Could also be `print(x, end="", flush=True)` instead of the `sys` calls — Tomerikoo, Dec 18 '19 at 23:31

Ibraheem Ahmed · Answer 2 · 2019-12-19T00:02:10.173

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You can use the following code:

import time,sys

def getinput(question):
    text = input(question)
    for x in text:
        sys.stdout.write(x)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.00001) #Sets the speed of typing, depending on your system

Now everytime you call getinput("Sample Question"), you would get the user's input based on the question you passed to the function.

edited Dec 19 '19 at 00:02

answered Dec 18 '19 at 23:27

Ibraheem Ahmed

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Thanks for answering. Does this input command work for other questions as well? Would I have to make a def every time asked a new question? – pythongames12 Dec 18 '19 at 23:56
I have updated my question. Now use `getinput("Question")`. Any question you pass when you call the function will be printed out – Ibraheem Ahmed Dec 19 '19 at 00:02

How do make text in print() and input() appear one by one?

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