Question

How do i use the "\r" or carriage return in python? Can somebody give me an example?

Answer 1

it replaces the current line
print foo
print bar \r
result:
bar

Answer 2

Pedantically, when you're outputting HTML from a script you must output a Content-type line. The w3 spec actually requires a carriage return/linefeed ( ala Microsoft ).

print "Content-type: text/html\r\n"

I've never had a problem outputting just a linefeed. But hey, it was a useful example to answer your question!

Answer 3

P0sitr0n i tried to use it like that in python, but it didnt work :(

Answer 4

There are two places that I know of that still use carriage returns: inside GUIs on Macs, and in combination with linefeeds (CR/LF) in Windows. If you use a carriage return in Unix, and OSX's Unix parts, it will show as "^M".