Simple program i cant get (dot moving)

i need to have a program with a for loop that has a dot moving up and down and one going right and left. and it needs to like delete the dot after if goes past it...get it? so its a single dot moving right and left and a single dot moving up and down. also this is in C++ so...yea


anyone help?

-Lupusk

here is my code so far it only moves the one dot downward and the right dot only half way accross :(

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <dos.h>


int main()
{

        clrscr();
        int x, y, xx, yy;


        for (y = 0; y <= 49; y++)
        {


        x = y * 1.5;
        gotoxy(1,y);
        cout << "*" << endl;

        gotoxy(x,1);
        cout << "*";

        delay(10);
        }


        getch();
        return 0;
}

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x = y * 1.5;

y is declared as int which doesnt support floating point values.

But I can help you more if I can understand what your trying to do. Try explaining it again.

[note]
Also you should use standard headers

As for deleting each old dot, call clrscr() at the beginning of each loop iteration. Judging from your call to delay(), time efficiency is not a top priority.

i dont know what standard headers are....thats what i learned with and being taught right now so i dunno :( but umm the clrscr thing i cant do ...i need it to have a gotoxy clearer .....


i want 2 dots moving up and down and the ohter moving right and left at the same exact time...so in one for statement one dot needs to go down and one dot needs to go alllll the way right and the other for statement.....the opposite


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like that the dots go baaaack and foooorth for ever

well the concept is like this.

Code:

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int x, y;
bool dir;

// loop forever
for ( ;; ) {

    clrscr ();  // Inside loop or else the dots will leave foot prints.

    if ( x == 20 ) dir = false;
    if ( x == 0 ) dir = true;

    if ( dir ) {
 
        x++;
        y--;'

    }

    else {

        x--;
        y++;

    }

    gotoxy ( x, 20 ); // Im not sure where on the y axis you want it
    cout << "*";

    goto ( 1, y );
    cout << "*";

}

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Its something like that....