Thread: Moving the cursor

try making that boadrs like

Code:

 
char[][]={'_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_',
               '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_'}

and print it out like that on screen.
and you can make a switch case or if on which char possision the "X" is going to be. and clrscr() write the variable between each key press. then you can have the X moves. and some other key to mark the char[x][y] permanent.

if this was what yo ment.

Thanks for the guide adrian. finally found what I was looking for (COORD). I had gotoxy() in mind, but when I tried it, i realized Dev-C++ wasn't going to support it because it's not a standard function.

COORD does the trick though. just a few more things to type. Thanks for everyone's help.

I got COORD to work, and have a simple semi-working code, but I can't get it "move" after the first initial move.

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>

enum
{
  C           = 99,
  W           = 119,
};

int ch = getch();
int i = 1;

using namespace std;

int X;
int Y;
int moveto( int moveX, int moveY );

int main()
{

while ( i == 1 ){
    switch (ch) {
case C:
     X = 0, Y = 0;
     moveto(X,Y);
     break;

case W:
     X = 16, Y = 30;
     moveto(X,Y);
     break;
     }
     cout<<"move";
}
}



int moveto( int moveX, int moveY )
{
    HANDLE hOut;
    COORD Position;

    hOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

    Position.X = moveX;
    Position.Y = moveY;  
    SetConsoleCursorPosition(hOut,Position);
}

PS. I know the indentation is horrible. haha.