Text Position Command 2

[iceman2654]

Hello, i'm new to C programming and I was wondering if there's a way to position text on the screen by giving it coordinates such as the LOCATE command in Qbasic

 

[chipperMDW]

Yes.

That's all I can say about it, though, since it's platform-specific. The C language doesn't assume that a "screen" exists, which is good since there's no screen on a refrigerator or a Mars probe.


What operating system and compiler are you working with?

On Unix and Unix-like systems, you're probably looking for the ncurses library.

I don't know any specifics for Windows and other systems, but just say which you're looking for and I'm sure someone can tell you.

 

[iceman2654]

i'm using windows 2000 and it's not quite a compiler but i'm using quincy. I also have visual C++ 6.0

 

[Salem]

Well you'll probably need VC6 to get that kind of detailed control over the screen.

SetConsoleCursorPosition is one of many console functions available for controlling the output of information to a win32 console.

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[iceman2654]

thanks salem :]