How can I make my blinking string also change values? (Python 3.5) -

i have following piece of code in python 3.5:

def blink(char):                            while 1:                                        print (char, end = '\r')                    time.sleep(0.5)                                print (' ' * 50, end = '\r')                time.sleep(0.5)         

i using function make string blink specific time

the problem when use in code below doesn't have desired effect:

while true:     time.sleep(0.5)     seconds += 1     if seconds == 60:         minutes += 1         seconds = 0     if minutes == 60:         hours += 1         minutes = 0     if hours == 24:         days += 1         hours = 0     blink ('days: %s, hours: %s, minutes: %s, seconds: %s' % (days, hours, minutes, seconds)) 

i'm using piece of code 'simulate' time. problem output looks this:

days: 0, hours: 0, minutes: 0, seconds: 1 

this keeps on blinking on same line want to, problem output doesn't increase.

e.g days: 0, hours: 0, minutes: 0, seconds: 2 etc.  

the blink(char) function not end, while true loop stuck in first cycle.

try removing while loop blink function make blink once:

def blink(char):                            print(char, end = '\r')                time.sleep(0.5)                            print(' ' * 50, end = '\r')            time.sleep(0.5) 

(or create separate blink_once function.)