From: Timothy Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2006-11-02T09:44:56+09:00
Subject: Re: counter

Gennady Bystritsky wrote:
> list-bounce@example.com wrote:
>   
(snip)
>> but I don't want a linebreak after the counter is displayed. I want it
>> just to keep refreshing itself, basically.  Am I missing something
>> with puts or print or p?  Any ideas?
>>     
>
> $stdout.sync = true
> 20.times do |_counter|
>   counter = _counter.to_s
>   print counter + "\b" * counter.size
>   sleep 1
> end
>
> FYI: puts and p both add "\n" to the output if it is not yet there.
printf doesn't