adjust cursor position 2

[XoFF]

in c++ you can by including library <conio.h> use gotoxy to adjust your cursor position.

Can anybody tell me how to use it in c?

 

[Salem]

Since conio is a C library, I'd imagine you use it in pretty much the same way.

Though you may need to use the cprintf() function in conio.h in place of the standard printf() routine. This is especially true if you want to start printing coloured text.

 

[marsd]

In *nix you will probably need to use the curses
library. There are plenty of docs on line for this.
Do a google search.

 

[XoFF]

Salem:

i use a very easy program to test <conio.h> and gotoxy function but the compiler can't recognize the library conio.h . I also thought conio.h was a c++ library

 

[Salem]

Which operating system and compiler do you have?

 

[XoFF]

i use linux mandrake 9.1

 

[Salem]

Well that explains it all then - conio is a relic from DOS

If you want detailed character screen control in linux, you need to use ncurses.

http://web.cs.mun.ca/~rod/ncurses/ncurses.html

Just for reference, if you're writing win32 console programs, then you should be using

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/console_reference.asp

 

[Bobby4001]

The mvprintw(3Curses) function allows you to position the cursor to x y coordinates and print a string in the window using the C printf(3C) syntax.

#include <curses.h>

main()
{
char user_name[64];

initscr();

mvprintw(12, 30, &quot;Center of the screen&quot;
mvprintw(LINES - 1, (COLS / 2) - 6, &quot;Bottom Center&quot;
mvprintw(0, 0, &quot;Enter your name:&quot;
getstr(user_name);
...
...
endwin( );
}