Can we print a text only once that is inside a loop without making it print again and again until the loop ends?

First of all, I’m a newbie. I am trying to make a countdown. Now when I use a while loop to achieve that I also need to print count down but what happens is that the countdown takes place in separate lines printing the text over and over again. I want the loop to print the text only once but keep changing the value of countdown until countdown is over.

my code is:

      clearing = True
      countdown = 3
      while clearing:
        while countdown > 0:
          print(f"Clearing console in {countdown} second(s)")
          time.sleep(1)
          countdown -= 1
        os.system('clear')
        clearing = False

and this is the result I am currently achieving in the console rn:

Clearing console in 3 second(s)
Clearing console in 2 second(s)
Clearing console in 1 second(s)

see the print repeats evertime until countdown == 0
what I want is for the loop to print the text only once but keep changing the value of countdown inside the text

something like this:

Clearing console in '3 then 2 then 1' second(s)

>Solution :

Well, actually there is something you can do about it.

print(f"Clearing console in {count}  second(s)", end='\r', flush=True)

I suggest you to read what carriage return is and something about flush too.

• https://www.ascii-code.com/glossary/carriage-return
• How can I flush the output of the print function?