Thread: help with trying to move a block of output to the left

Hello everyone! I have a block of output that I want to be moved to the left on the console as much as possible.Here is the code I have:

Code:

 do
 {
   printf("%*s" "%s", height, " ",  " "); 

      for (int i=0; newheight>=i;i++)
      {
       printf ( "#");
      }
 
   printf("\n");
   newheight=newheight+1;
   height=height-1;
 }while(newheight<=tempheight);

the code works and prints the proper number of #.But I cant get it to print to the far left. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks!

The far left?

Well, you do this at the beginning of every line

Code:

  printf("%*s" "%s", height, " ",  " ");

You're padding it out from the left hand side by "height" but also always by 2 characters.
If you want it to keep the same shape but touch the left hand side of the window, then removing those extra spaces should do it.
If you want it to be aligned to the left hand side, remove the printf of those spaces altogether.

Or - if you're on a system where you can't normally get to the far left of the screen, there's usually a way to move the cursor, but it'll be OS specific. E.g. setCursorPos SetCursorPos function (Windows) on Windows.


Or if I've completely missed your point, what are you actually trying to do? What's this code meant to achieve.... why are you using a "height" variable for horizontal spacing?

Originally Posted by smokeyangel

The far left?

Well, you do this at the beginning of every line

Code:

  printf("%*s" "%s", height, " ",  " ");

You're padding it out from the left hand side by "height" but also always by 2 characters.
If you want it to keep the same shape but touch the left hand side of the window, then removing those extra spaces should do it.
If you want it to be aligned to the left hand side, remove the printf of those spaces altogether.

Or - if you're on a system where you can't normally get to the far left of the screen, there's usually a way to move the cursor, but it'll be OS specific. E.g. setCursorPos SetCursorPos function (Windows) on Windows.


Or if I've completely missed your point, what are you actually trying to do? What's this code meant to achieve.... why are you using a "height" variable for horizontal spacing?

I want the highest blocks to be hitting the far left hand side..for example

##
###
####

This is the output I have:

###
#####
#######


And this is the code:

Code:

 do
 {
  printf("%*s" "%s", height, " ",  " "); 

      for (int i=0; newheight>=i;i++)
      {
       printf ( "#");
      }

The output should be touching the bottom left hand corner of the screen, but it isnt. Any suggestions on how format it to do so? thanks