Thread: gotoxy

A simple question: in the FAQ is a gotoxy function;
how do I use it?

This doesnt work:

Code:

gotoxy(100,20);
cout<<"Being on loacation 100,20";

The screen is usually only 80x25 characters in size. When you call it with 100 as x parameter it will ignore the call as this is bigger than 80. Try using values that fall within the screen size

Code:

gotoxy(10,15);
cout << "row 15, column 10";

And how do I go back to de default?

Code:

gotoxy(20,10);   //only 8ox25
cout<<"hi";

gotoxy(0,0);
cout<<" how are you?";

does not work because the program wil output 'hi' and 'how are you'
all in the first line

Are you using gotoxy() from cronio.h? Or are you using a different one?

I know, thats why I asked. But he could have copied it wrong.

The one from the faq, it does work but not if I want to use it a second time beacause then he will use only the second and skips the first

Hey you're right

Code:

gotoxy(20,20);
cout<<"Hi"<<endl;
    
int ch;
while ((ch = cin.get()) != '\n' && ch != EOF); 

gotoxy(10,11);
cout<<"Hi"<<endl;

This doe work, only one thing; the bufferflush part waits for an enter so the output is now:
: 'hi' (on coordinate 20,20)
: press enter
:'hi (on coordinate 10,11)

the enter part annoys me a bit, any suggestions?

oh.. well, thank you anyway