How to hide input() in Python 3.6?

Question

After pressing enter the input stays there.For example:

myName = input()
print("My name is:" + myName)

and output would be:

Alex
My name is:Alex

But I want to display only the latter.I tried using getpass but it it necessary to show the text while typing and getpass hides it.What can I do?

Answer 1

import sys

myName = input()

sys.stdout.write("\033[F") # Cursor up one line

print("My name is:" + myName)

Answer 2

Depending on platform, you can move the cursor up a line before printing:

myName = input()
print("\x1B[F\x1B[2K", end="")
print("My name is:" + myName)

The middle line moves thw cursor up and clears that line in POSIX terminals.

On Windows, it's getting more complicated and you need some libraries to call Windows APIs to achieve this.

Answer 3

import getpass

password = getpass.getpass("Entering password: ")

print(password)

Answer 4

put both statements into one!

myName = input("My Name is: ")

This way, "My name is Alex" will be printed for Alex input. Also, Alex is assigned to "myName".

EDIT: Obviously, this is only a workaround and does not answer your question specifically.