putchar(8)

[gervaz]

Hi all, is there in python the equivalent of the C function int putchar
(int c)? I need to print putchar(8).

Thanks, Mattia

 

[Jason Tackaberry]

Hi all, is there in python the equivalent of the C function int putchar
(int c)? I need to print putchar(8).
or:

 

[Dave Angel]

If I recall correctly, putchar() takes an int value 0-255 and outputs a
single character to stdout. So the equivalent would be:

sys.stdout.write(char(c))

print does other stuff, which you presumably do not want.

DaveA

 

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

Note that print is going to also put out a new-line ending...

To JUST put out the single byte will require using the plain file
I/O method:

sys.stdout.write("\x08")

 

[Dave Angel]

If I recall correctly, putchar() takes an int value 0-255 and outputs
a single character to stdout. So the equivalent would be:

sys.stdout.write(char(c))

print does other stuff, which you presumably do not want.

DaveA

Oops. Instead of char(), I meant to type chr().


sys.stdout.write(chr(c))

chr() is a built-in that converts an integer to a single character.

DaveA