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    colored text

    how do you mkae colored text i just want to use the simple hello world program but have it in colored text how would i go about doing this

    Thank you in advance

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    http://www.adrianxw.dk/SoftwareSite/index.html

    Click on colour

    As long as you use windows and don't need cross platform compatability.

    You didn't state your OS

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    sory my OS is windows xp home edtion

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    Well there you go, youcan use my link.

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    Thank you grate help to me

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    I have that effect on cheese

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    Or you could use this function:

    Code:
    void Color  ( int BackgroundColor, int TextColor )
    {
     int SeclectedColor = (16*BackgroundColor) + (TextColor);
    
     HANDLE hConsole;
     hConsole = GetStdHandle ( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE );
     SetConsoleTextAttribute ( hConsole, SeclectedColor );
    }
    The background and text numbers take numbers from 0 to 15. You can use these #defines:

    Code:
    #define BLACK			 0
    #define BLUE			 1
    #define	GREEN			 2
    #define AQUA			 3
    #define RED			 4
    #define PURPLE			 5
    #define YELLOW			 6
    #define WHITE			 7
    
    #define GREY			 8
    #define LIGHTBLUE		 9
    #define LIGHTGREEN		10
    #define LIGHTAQUA		11
    #define LIGHTRED		12
    #define LIGHTPURPLE		13
    #define LIGHTYELLOW		14
    #define BRIGHTWHITE		15
    example:

    Code:
    cout<< "Hel";
    Color( BLACK, RED );
    cout<< "lo wor";
    Color( BLACK, BLUE );
    cout<< "ld!";

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    Isn't that pretty much the same as what I showed him?

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    I know. I just showed it to him, and you showed him a link.

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    Right, gotcha. I just knew it was there I haven't looked at it in months.

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    cheers guys for heloping em out im still a newbie at C++

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    As am I. I just knew where to look.

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    Funny how just a few months ago I made a thread about this? ( and many before me ) as I came to find out through Searching

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    Curses! This "Raigne" fellah hath unearthed the secret to our eternal powah! Minions, casth the fool into Banniation, where he shalt suffah!
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    void J(char*a){int f,i=0,c='1';for(;a[i]!='0';++i)if(i==81){
    puts(a);return;}for(;c<='9';++c){for(f=0;f<9;++f)if(a[i-i%27+i%9
    /3*3+f/3*9+f%3]==c||a[i%9+f*9]==c||a[i-i%9+f]==c)goto e;a[i]=c;J(a);a[i]
    ='0';e:;}}int main(int c,char**v){int t=0;if(c>1){for(;v[1][
    t];++t);if(t==81){J(v[1]);return 0;}}puts("sudoku [0-9]{81}");return 1;}

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