Thread: centering text for introduction

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    centering text for introduction

    what library do i need to use a function like setxy(x,y) to align my text, or are there any other funcions to do that out there as well?
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    This is implementation dependent, what compiler/OS do you use?

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    i use dev c++ 4.9.7 mingw 3.2 i beleive, and thanks for always helping prelude
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    I believe Dev C++ supports the Win32 API. If so then this should work nicely.
    Code:
    #include <windows.h>
    
    void gotoxy (int x, int y )
    {
       COORD coord;
       coord.X = x;
       coord.Y = y;
       SetConsoleCursorPosition ( GetStdHandle ( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE ), coord );
    }
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    hm.. it says coord is undefined, any ideas or something i should have also done?
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    >any ideas or something i should have also done?
    If you pasted the code exactly as I posted then it should work. There is another thing you can try though, if I remember correctly, your compiler does implement gotoxy in conio.h or conio.c. Try including one of them and see if you can use it. be sure to remove the function I gave you though.

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    I tried the code, written by Prelude, and it worked fine using Dev C++ 4.
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    can't u just use setw() from iomanip.h?

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    if you do setw(), then you have to do a number of things to center.

    Code:
    #include <cstring.h>
    #include <iostream.h>
    #include <iomanip.h>
    
    main()
    {
        string name = "TITLE";
        int length;
    
        length = strlen(name.c_str())/2;
        cout << setiosflags(ios::right);
        cout << setw(40-length) << name << endl;
    }

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