A colorful loading bar, written in Go

loading.go

package main

import "fmt"
import "time"
import "strconv"
import "strings"

func loading() {
	for {
		fmt.Printf("\n\x1b[2F\x1b[1BLoading... ")
		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
		for i := 1; i < 7; i += 1 {
			format := "\x1b[12`\x1b[1;3" + strconv.Itoa(i) + "m" + strings.Repeat("*", i) + "\x1b[0m"
			fmt.Printf(format)
			time.Sleep(250 * time.Millisecond)
		}
		// fmt.Printf("\x1b[12`\x1b[1;37m" + " " + "\x1b[0m")
		time.Sleep(250 * time.Millisecond)
	}
}

func main() {
	go loading()
	time.Sleep(time.Second * 5)
}