How do I create a console progress bar?

By Wayan in Core API, Lang Package 1 Comment

The code below demonstrates how to create a progress bar in a console program. The trick is to print the progress status using a System.out.print() and add a carriage return character ("\r") at the end of the string to return the cursor position to the beginning of the line and print the next progress status.

package org.kodejava.lang;

public class ConsoleProgressBar {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        char[] animationChars = new char[]{'|', '/', '-', '\\'};

        for (int i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {
            System.out.print("Processing: " + i + "% " + animationChars[i % 4] + "\r");

            try {
                Thread.sleep(200);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        System.out.println("Processing: Done!");
    }
}
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1 Comments

  1. I have recently faced the same problem, you can check my code:
    I have set it for one # on 5%, which you can modify later.

    public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception {
    int i = 0;
    while(i < 21) {
        System.out.print("[");
        for (int j=0;j<i;j++) {
            System.out.print("#");
        }

        for (int j=0;j<20-i;j++) {
            System.out.print(" ");
        }

        System.out.print("] "+  i*5 + "%");
        if(i<20) {
            System.out.print("\r");
            Thread.sleep(300);
        }
        i++;
    }
    System.out.println();
}
    Reply

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