Thread: function similar to gotoxy()

This is an example of using the Windows API version, of gotoxy() in conio.h.

Code:

#include <windows.h>     //for older compilers, don't include this line
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#define gotoxy Gotoxy    // "    "     "         "       "     "    "

void Gotoxy(int x, int y);

int main() {
   FILE *fp=NULL;
   int i, j;
   char choice[3];
   char ch='\0';
   for(i=0; i< 10; i++)
      printf("\n\n\n\n\n");
   do {
      choice[0]='\0';
      for(i=3; i< 21; i++) {
         Gotoxy(1,i);
         printf("                                                                    ");  
      }
      Gotoxy(1,3);
      printf("\t\t       Welcome to Sudoku EZ Solver's Main Menu\n\n");
      printf("    *press 'b' to benchmark this program\n\n");
      printf("    *press 'l' to load a puzzle from this program\n\n"); 
      printf("    *press 'e' to enter your own puzzle, or 'q' to quit [b/l/e/q]: "); 
      for(i=0; i < 9; i++) {
         for(j = 0; j < 9; j++) {
            grid[i][j] = 0;
         }
      }
      fgets(choice, sizeof(choice),stdin);
      if(strlen(choice) < 2)
         continue;
      if(choice[0] >= 'a' && choice[0] <='z')
         ch=choice[0]; 
      if(ch == 'q') 
         break;
      for(i=3; i< 10; i++) {
         Gotoxy(1,i);
         printf("                                                                    ");  
      }
   }while(ch != 'q');

   printf("\n");
  return 0;
}

// Include this function, for newer compilers
void Gotoxy(int x, int y) {
  COORD coord;
  coord.X = x;
  coord.Y = y;
  SetConsoleCursorPosition(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), coord);
}