Thread: typing effect on text

like this?

Code:

for(int i = 0; ch[i]; i ++)
{
     cout << ch[i];
     Sleep(50);     // from windows.h
}

that should do the trick, thanx

ok, im not to use to using the for loop, so could you perhaps explain just a bit more as to how i should set it up..

Code:

char ch[6] = "HELLO";

for(
int i = 0; // the loop's declaration
ch[i]; // this checks for if the char still has content 
i ++ // increment the placeholder
)
{
     cout << ch[i]; // output the current character
     Sleep(50);     // wait 50 milisecs
}

Hope that helps!

it does, and i get what how to use the for now but im wondring, how can i use it to do it to a string of text, (with whitespace - e.g. "Welcome to earth") lol, thanx again

Code:

string str = "Welcome to Earth!";

for(int i = 0; str[i] != '\0'; i ++)
{
     cout << str[i];
     Sleep(50);
}

Great, it works perfect, thanx a bunch!!!

np

>> for(int i = 0; str[i] != '\0'; i ++)
alternatively -

Code:

string stringinstance = "This is a string";
for ( int i=0; i<stringinstance.size(); i++ ) cout<< stringinstance[i];

Do you want them to both type at the same time, or one after another? If you want them to display one afte another, I'd recommend making a function -

Code:

void TypeText ( stiring text )
{
   for ( int i=0; i<(int)text.size(); i++ )
   {
      cout<< text[i];
      Sleep( 50 );
   }
}

then just call that in main

Code:

int main( void )
{
   TypeText( "Number one" );
   TypeText( "Numbertwo" );

   return 0;
}

Code:

#include<iostream>
// #include<conio.h> not standard 
#include<string>

#include<windows.h> // for Sleep

using std::string;
using std::cout; //  or using namespace std; for both of those

void TypeText ( stiring text )
{
   for ( int i=0; i<(int)text.size(); i++ )
   {
      cout<< text[i];
      Sleep( 50 );
   }
}

int main()
{
	string msg = "This is only a test.";
	string msg1 = "I hope that this will work.";

	TypeText ( msg );
	TypeText ( msg1 );


	return 0;

}

I've changed things you should change to 'Sienna' for some reason. I'd recommend my function. void main = bad. getch() to stop the program = not the best method, check out the FAQ, use std::strings instead of char[]'s
Oh dear

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