package clifmt import ( "fmt" "reflect" "strings" ) // Printpf prints with possible updatable values. // Arguments can be interface{} (standard fmt.Printf) // or can be channels (chan interface{}) that will make the // output update on channel reception. // // You SHOULD launch it in a goroutine i.e. go clifmt.Printpf() // in order for the select{} to work // // It can work with multiple lines thanks to ANSI escape sequences // that allows to rewrite previously written lines func Printpf(format string, args ...interface{}) error { // 1. init values := make([]interface{}, len(args), len(args)) // actual values channels := make([]chan interface{}, 0, len(args)) // channels that update values indexes := make([]int, 0, len(args)) // association [channel order -> index in @fixed] // 2. manage values vs. channels for i, arg := range args { // channel -> keep Zero value + store channel if reflect.TypeOf(arg).Kind() == reflect.Chan { indexes = append(indexes, i) channels = append(channels, arg.(chan interface{})) continue } // raw -> set value values[i] = arg } // 3. launch dynamic select for each channel var rows int = -1 nselect(channels, func(i int, value interface{}, ok bool) { // (1) channel is closed -> do nothing if !ok { return } // (2) update value index := indexes[i] values[index] = value // (3) don't print on error (values still NIL) str, err := Sprintf(format, values...) if err != nil { return } // (4) rewind N lines (written previous time) if rows > 0 { fmt.Printf("\x1b[%dF\x1b[K", rows) } else { fmt.Printf("\r\x1b[K") } rows = strings.Count(str, "\n") // (5) make each line rewrite previous line str = strings.Replace(str, "\n", "\n\x1b[K", 11) // (6) print string fmt.Printf("%s", str) }) return nil } // nselect selects on N channels func nselect(channels []chan interface{}, handler func(int, interface{}, bool)) { // 1. build the case list containing each channel cases := make([]reflect.SelectCase, len(channels)) for i, ch := range channels { cases[i] = reflect.SelectCase{Dir: reflect.SelectRecv, Chan: reflect.ValueOf(ch)} } // 2. wait for selections remaining := len(cases) for remaining > 0 { index, value, ok := reflect.Select(cases) // (1) Closed if !ok { cases[index].Chan = reflect.ValueOf(nil) remaining-- continue } // (2) Received data handler(index, value, ok) } }