clock in ms_dos

[mrafcho001]

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
using namespace std;

// CLEAR THE SCREEN FUCTION
void clrscr(void)
{
    COORD                       coordScreen = { 0, 0 };
    DWORD                       cCharsWritten;
    CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO  csbi;
    DWORD                       dwConSize;
    HANDLE                      hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
    GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &csbi);
    dwConSize = csbi.dwSize.X * csbi.dwSize.Y;
    FillConsoleOutputCharacter(hConsole, TEXT(' '), 
                               dwConSize, coordScreen, &cCharsWritten);
    GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &csbi);
    FillConsoleOutputAttribute(hConsole, csbi.wAttributes, 
                               dwConSize, coordScreen, &cCharsWritten);
    SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConsole, coordScreen);
}

//MAIN
int main()
{
	//lol
	int i = 1337;
	while(i = 1337)
	{
		clrscr();
		cout << "                                  DOS CLOCK" << endl;
		cout << "\n                                      |";
		Sleep(500);
		
                clrscr();
		cout << "                                  DOS CLOCK" << endl;
		cout << "\n                                      /" << endl;;
		Sleep(500);

		clrscr();
		cout << "                                  DOS CLOCK" << endl;
		cout << "\n                                      -";
                Sleep(500);

		clrscr();
		cout << "                                  DOS CLOCK" << endl;
		cout << "\n                                      \\" << endl;
	}

	system("PAUSE");
	return 0;
}

Have fun

[Welshy]

could i add that you could have just used

system("cls");

:P

[mrafcho001]

yeah, but on my compiler sometimes it gets screwy.. i like to use the way that is 100% sure to work.