Colored Text in C

Hello people

I would like to know how to output colored text in c, im using borland c++ 5.02.
A short code with text "hi" in color and with some background color would be great... but the idea is basically what i want.

i have found some solutions but mostly for c++ and it doesn't help me.

thank you all

Hi!


There are several ways. The most simple one is to include conio.h. Some of the functions defined there will do the trick.

A better interface is available in the Ncurses library and its Win32 ports (eg: PDCurses). With Curses you can output text in any color, add background colors, basic text formatting / effects (ie: underline, bold, blink etc) and much more. Check it out!

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Originally posted by colorC
Hello people

I would like to know how to output colored text in c, im using borland c++ 5.02.
A short code with text "hi" in color and with some background color would be great... but the idea is basically what i want.

i have found some solutions but mostly for c++ and it doesn't help me.

thank you all

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Look in your conio.h header file. If you see functions that look like color functions, that's them. My Turbo 1 and Borland 5.5 have them, so they should be in your version.

Here is a good tutorial.

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As far as I'm aware there are no functions in standard C
that create different colored console text.
Check to see if you have a graphics library.

You may like to try ANSI escape sequences eg: <ESC>[2J;

Try this link for starters. http://www.termsys.demon.co.uk/vtansi.htm

Using ansi terminal control sequences may require that ansi.sys
is loaded on MS systems, *nix systems should work too.

Example: Print "Hi" to stdout.

<ESC>[2J clears screen and homes cursor, 34;m colors text blue.

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("\0x0B[2J;34;m%s", "Hi");

    return 0;
}

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Hope that helps.