Generate a Blinking Text With Very Simple Python
It just for fun, it’s the way to make our screen more interesting. Did you know that Python could make a text on terminal blinking. This stories want to share about how to make “blink blink” text on your terminal, with very simple Python.
Understanding ANSI Escape Codes
Let’s understand the magic behind the blink blink effect. ANSI escape codes are special sequences of characters used to control formatting, colors, and other output options on terminal devices.
The `\033[5m` sequence is used to enable the blink effect, while `\033[0m` resets the formatting back to default.
Python Code for Blink Blink Text
Here’s a simple Python code snippet that implements the blink blink text effect:
import sys
import time
def blink_text(text):
while True:
sys.stdout.write('\033[5m' + text + '\033[0m')
sys.stdout.flush()
time.sleep(0.5)
sys.stdout.write('\r' + ' ' * len(text) + '\r')
sys.stdout.flush()
time.sleep(0.5)
blink_text("You're Awesome!")How It Works
The blink_text function continuously prints the provided text with a blinking effect. It achieves this by alternating between printing the text with the blink effect enabled and clearing the line. The time.sleep() function controls the duration of each state, creating the blink effect.
Customization and Experimentation
Feel free to experiment with the code to customize the blink blink text according to your preferences. You can adjust the sleep duration to change the speed of the blinking effect or modify the text to display different messages.
Conclusion
Creativity is a key to unlock the best version of knowledge, to be honest this article is a pop up from my idea that being helped by AI. Well, it’s up to us, what we want to achieve in this world. Thanks for reading.
