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+'''
+Created on 5 Jun 2013
+
+@author: lukasz.forynski
+
+@brief Simple text progress-bar.
+
+https://github.com/formiaczek/python_data_structures
+___________________________________
+
+ Copyright (c) 2013 Lukasz Forynski <lukasz.forynski@gmail.com>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this
+software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software
+without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
+publish, distribute, sub-license, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons
+to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+- The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies
+or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
+INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE
+FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+'''
+
+
+import sys
+import time
+
+
+class text_progress_bar(object):
+    ## Init method.
+    # @param length_in_chars lenght of the progress bar.
+    def __init__(self, length_in_chars, str_to_write_on_finished = '\n'):
+        self.length = length_in_chars
+        self.str_on_finished = str_to_write_on_finished
+        self.reset()
+
+    ## resets the progress bar
+    def reset(self):
+        self.current = 0
+        self.total = 0
+        self.description = ''
+        self.bar = list('.' * self.length)
+    
+    ## method to set the progress description
+    # @description test to be displayed next to the progress bar
+    # (e.g. name of the task for which the progress is displayed)
+    def set_description(self, description):
+        if len(description):
+            self.description = ': %s' % description
+
+    ## Callback to indicate (update and display) the progress
+    # @param current - current value of the progress
+    # @param total total value (i.e. he number current is converging to)
+    def progress_callback(self, current, total):
+        if self.total != total:
+            self.total = total
+        
+        if total:
+            new_current = (current * self.length)
+            new_current /= self.total
+            if new_current > self.current:
+                for i in xrange(self.current,new_current):
+                    self.bar[i] = '='
+                self.current = new_current
+            sys.stdout.write('\r[%s] %s (%d/%d)  ' % (''.join(self.bar), 
+                                                 self.description,
+                                                 current, 
+                                                 total))
+            if current == self.total:
+                self.reset()
+                sys.stdout.write('\n')
+
+def test_progress_bar():
+    b = text_progress_bar(30)
+    b.set_description('testing progress')
+    for i in xrange(0, 335+1): # say our task is from 0-335 steps..
+        b.progress_callback(i, 335)
+        time.sleep(0.025)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test_progress_bar()