Is it possible to create flashing text?

Hi, I was hoping someone could answer this question for me. I got a program that I'm compiling under g++ on UNIX. Im trying to cout some text to the screen that flashes. Can anyone tell me if this is possible?

Thanks for your help.

yes.

the way i do it is [if you have conio.h and dos.h]

Code:

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for(i=1;i<10;i++)
{
 gotoxy(35,12);
 clreol();
 cout<<"HELLO WORLD";
 delay(200);
 gotoxy(35,12);
 clreol();
 cout<<"                      ";
 delay(100)
}
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there is also a BLINK function in conio.h. i havent used it but you could search for it in your compiler help.

here is one way to do it, and i may be wrong on the /r part of it but i think it is /r. /r returns you to the beginning of the line, IIRC.

Code:

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for(int i; i < 5; i++)
 {
 cout << "text\r";
 Sleep(100); //waits one tenth of a second
 clrscr();
 }

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this will give you the effect of seeing flashing text five times.

change as you wish

then again i have no idea if this will work under the environment you are looking to use it under.:)

EDIT: i was posting while ishir posted.