How could i...?

What I want to do is the be able to basically have the program print a print statement with variables in it after a cls mutiple times.

ok that doenst make sense but let me explain...

I am working on a console app rpg combat system. At the top I have health bars and energy ect... I have weapons that are fast like automatics that attack you mutiple times in on turn. Each ATTACK I want to cls the screen to update my health bars so it looks more action oritientated.

Well I want to print something like this for each multiple instance:

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printf("%s attacked you for %d pts of damage!",cpuName,damage);

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well easy... but i dont understand how I cold do it the way i want to! I want it to printf this after every attack, but the problem is that every attack will have to cls the screen to update the health bars. But cls'ing the screen would mean the previous printfs are gone! So how do I KEEP all previous printf's as I cls the screen and print new ones?

Don't clear the screen. Use VT100, ANSI escape codes, BGI cursor movement, Curses, etc etc etc...


Quzah.

>So how do I KEEP all previous printf's as I cls the screen and print new ones?
Without a more controlled clear function, you're looking at completely redrawing the screen after you clear it, not just the parts that changed.

yes but I would have to basically always have to "cls" PART of the screen? I dotn udnerstand how.

You don't need to clear the screen. Just overwrite the part of the screen you want to change. Move the cursor and output.

how do i mopve the coursor and then get it back to where it was? And even if I did, wouldnt it just print it again on top and not write over it?

>> wouldnt it just print it again on top and not write over it?
This means the same thing to me. :confused: Writing over it is printing on top of it.

conio.h might have a function called goto() to set the cursor somewhere on the screen. Or use curses.h or something like that. There is always a way.

This is one of those not in the realm of standard C issues. There are many libs available to do said above. Quzah suggested some. Also if you are on the Windows side you can use http://www.adrianxw.dk/SoftwareSite/index.html. I think there is stuff there about windows consoles(DOS ;) ).

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I think there is stuff there about windows consoles(DOS ).

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I so want to hurt you now.

ROFLMAO. :D :D