Build a Text Progress Bar

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Write a function progress_bar(percent, width=10) that returns a text progress bar string like "[####------] 40%" for percent=40, width=10 — the bar has width characters total, filled proportionally with # and the rest with -, followed by " <percent>%".

Examples

Example 1

Input

progress_bar(40, 10)

Output

'[####------] 40%'

Explanation

40% of 10 = 4 filled chars, 6 empty.

Example 2

Input

progress_bar(100, 5)

Output

'[#####] 100%'

Explanation

Fully filled bar at 100%.

Constraints

percent is an int from 0 to 100 inclusive.
width defaults to 10 but callers may pass another value.

Topics

Input & Outputstring building

Companies

AtlassianServiceNow

Hints

Hint 1

filled = round(width * percent / 100).

Hint 2

Build the string with "#" * filled + "-" * (width - filled).

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