main interface

umm hi Im making a text RPG with C++ and i have a number of problems (im doing this for learning purposes btw);

ive made this main screen which displays a box for the game text to appear in but i cant do it with out disrupting the whole box. the text has to be updated frequently
i was thinkin iomanip but i think i will have the same problem
in the places where it says spells or wepon they will call to the struct for that wepon or spell each time the main interface is updated
well take a look i apreciate all suggestions thanx:

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>

const char NL = '\n';
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
       
        cout << NL;
        cout << "Player name goes here\t\t\t\t\t\tcurrent wepon" << NL;
        cout << "                    \t\t\t\t\t\tcurrent spell";
        cout << NL << NL << NL << NL << NL;
        cout << "\t\t";
       
        for (int i = 0;i<50;i++)
                cout << "*";
        cout << endl << "\t\t";
       
        for (int j = 0;j<10;j++)
                cout << "*" << "                                                " << "*" << endl << "\t\t";
       
       
        for (int q = 0;q<50;q++)
                cout << "*";
       
        cout << NL << NL << NL << NL;
        cout << "\tYour current life is:" << "****************************************" << NL;        //will call to apropriate struct for correct # of stars
        cout << "\tYour current mana is:" << "****************************************" << NL;
       
       
        return 0;
}

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you need better formatting. try setw( ) which isnt bad, or failing that start looking into printf type functions

Quote:

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const char NL = '\n';

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:confused: what would be the purpose of doing this?
why not just use endl or \n

I dont know haha

ask Rob McGregor

Hehe, I have that book. The explanations are nice and simplistic, but the code is lacking somewhat.

-Prelude