Thread: win32 Overwriting current line in cmd prompt

Hey guys Im creating a win32 program that runs in a DOS box (cmd prompt style) and I am hoping to implement a function that will basically wait for a certain time and out put it to the window.....

Trouble is, I have the time thing sorted but when I output to the screen like this:

cout << timeElapsed;

It will just keep writing it over and over and over again .....

12 27 39 47 59 66 78 89 99 103 etc etc

I want it to output the current time elapsed but I want it to overwrite the previous value without making a new line .... can anyone tell em how to do that please?

So it want it to look like this....


MY TIMER:
Time elapsed: 12

then

MY TIMER:
Time elapsed: 27

etc etc


I DONT want it to write on new lines so I don't want to use endl; cos it looks messy.....

Does anyone know how to achieve this?

Thanks for your help.
aniceguyuk

Originally Posted by Salem

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Code:

cout << "Time elapsed:" << myTime << '\r' << flush;

You're a legend mate .... I've been programming for 4-5 years and I ain't ever come across this ....

I really appreciate it.

Thanks
aniceguyuk