Delete User input Python [duplicate]

Question

If I have an easy code like this:

while 1:
    text = raw_input()
    print 'You have written "%s" text'% (text)

if I start the program and I write "hello" the Output is:

hello
You have written "hello" text

The first "hello" is my input (taken with raw_input but I could use sys.stdin.readline too)

How I can delete the first "hello" (my input) to have an output only like this:

You have written "hello" text

that's not something you want to do usually; the user normally wants to see what he/she's entering. except for passwords. you could have a look at getpass. — hiro protagonist
– hiro protagonist, Commented Nov 22, 2015 at 11:02
maybe: docs.python.org/2/library/getpass.html#getpass.getpass — Paweł Kordowski
– Paweł Kordowski, Commented Nov 22, 2015 at 11:31

Ben · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-22 11:34:11Z

1

You could clear the CLI before printing your wanted line.

import os
os.system('clear')

If it's a Unix system. On Windows it's cls.

Edit: If you need this for a chat client you could save your user inputs in a list and clear the cli and print your user inputs list

userInputs = []
...
text = raw_input ()
userInputs.append (text)   
os.system ('clear')
for i in userInputs:
    print (i)

edited Nov 22, 2015 at 11:34

answered Nov 22, 2015 at 11:08

Ben

6833 silver badges11 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

6 Comments

Remi Guan Over a year ago

Also: os.system('cls' if os.name == 'nt' else 'clear')

iampirla Over a year ago

Thanks, but with this code i delete all the text in the console and i don't want , i only want to delete user input

Ben Over a year ago

Hm... there is no simple way to prevent input is printed. You could cache the wanted output, clear the cli and print your cached output again with your new line and so on.

iampirla Over a year ago

I need this becouse when I write on my client ( pastebin.com/JB36Emx6 )and I enter the input and then recive the same input from the server but with the time ,the address ,and other information, I prefer to recive only from the server and not see my input in the console ... sorry for my english

Ben Over a year ago

I have edited my post

|

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Delete User input Python [duplicate]

1 Answer 1

6 Comments

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

6 Comments

Linked

Related