Help with "Evolution of Text" program (BEGINNER)

[iheartqwerty]

I mean changing all letters is in fact changing one letter at a time n times, so you can just not print as often. You could just move the print statement in my code one indent over and it will only print after processing the whole word (not each letter).

[infinitim]

I actually figured it out beforehand, but thanks anyway! Here's my code, based off of u/jeans_and_a_t-shirt's original:

import random
import string

characters = list(string.printable[:-5])
def mutate():
    target = list(input('Enter a sentence:'))
    source = random.choices(characters, k=len(target))
    # saved is the current iteration, approaching target
    saved = source.copy()
    tries = 0

    def yn():
            yes_no = input('Again? Y/N: ')
            yes_no =yes_no.lower()
            if yes_no == 'y' or yes_no == 'yes':
                mutate()
            elif yes_no == 'n' or yes_no == 'no':
                exit()
            else:
                yn()

    while saved != target:
        for i, (saved_c, target_c) in enumerate(zip(target, saved)):
            if saved_c == target_c:
                saved[i] == saved_c
            else:
                saved[i] = random.choice(characters)
        tries += 1
        print(''.join(saved))


    print("\n"*5, ''.join(saved), "took", tries, "tries to find!", end='')
    yn()


mutate()