Cursor position in a DOS window?

[Chriskoenig]

It's a sad story, but I'm still in the DOS console phase of my C++ education. I honestly can't wait for the day I discover graphics. Until then, however, I'm stuck in the ugly world of text. So, to get to my point, I was wondering how to change the cursor position in a regular, 25x80 DOS window. I know how to do it in QBasic (I can already hear you guys laughing) with the Locate command, but I have no idea if C++ has anything that'll do it.
Thanks a lot, guys.

 

[MKuiper]

For your convenience, I have called it Locate:

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void Locate ( int row, int col )
{ if ( row < 0 || row > 24 ) return;
if ( col < 0 || col > 79 ) return;
COORD c = { (SHORT)col, (SHORT)row };
SetConsoleCursorPosition ( GetStdHandle ( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE ), c ); }

void main ( )
{ int row;
int col;
printf ( &quot;Row (0-24): &quot; ); scanf ( &quot;%d&quot;, &row );
printf ( &quot;Col (0-79): &quot; ); scanf ( &quot;%d&quot;, &col );
Locate ( row, col );
printf ( &quot;This text is starting at row %d, column %d\n&quot;, row, col ); }


Marcel

 

[Chriskoenig]

Worked like a charm.
Thanks a lot, MKuiper.