# Use progress bar from python

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**Created:** [October 10, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/use-progress-bar-from-python/4343 "2018-10-10T12:39:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/use-progress-bar-from-python/4343/2 "2018-10-10T13:37:22Z")

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You can use this convenience function for that

> <https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/blob/master/Base/Python/slicer/util.py#L1136>

See example of usage here

> <https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/blob/master/Modules/Scripted/DICOMLib/DICOMWidgets.py#L720>

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