Thread: Cursor Position

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    Cursor Position

    There is a function to get the cursor position, isn't there???

    Could someone tell me which one is that and how it works, please???

    I just need to go to somewhere on the screen, to write a message and to be able to go back to where i was

    (i have forgotten) :P

    Thanks

    Frigga

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    That depends on your OS/compiler.
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    Depending on your compiler, you may be able to do:

    Code:
    #include <dos.h>
    
    int curr_x = wherex();
    int curr_y = wherey();
    Code:
    #include <cmath>
    #include <complex>
    bool euler_flip(bool value)
    {
        return std::pow
        (
            std::complex<float>(std::exp(1.0)), 
            std::complex<float>(0, 1) 
            * std::complex<float>(std::atan(1.0)
            *(1 << (value + 2)))
        ).real() < 0;
    }

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    Go to MSDN and look up GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo() if you are on a windows box.
    Free the weed!! Class B to class C is not good enough!!
    And the FAQ is here :- http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/smartfaq.cgi

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    Talking sorry and thanks

    thanks guys for your reply and sorry because OF COURSE i should had said which compiler i'm using and which OS is it for

    but anyway i got my question answered... it's just for a simple DOS program and as i'm using Turbo C i can find both functions in "conio.h"

    Frigga

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    When I was programming under DOS, I used gotoxy() in the conio.h, but it dependes on your compiler and OS.

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