Creating a menu interface

I'm trying to create a menu for my animal guessing game. This is the simple menu I am currently using:

Code:

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do
      {
          system ("CLS"); 
          cout << " |                              Twenty Questions                            |\n"
              << " ?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?\n"
              << " |                                                                          |\n"
              << " |  1. Read the directions                                                  |\n"
              << " |  2. Play the game                                                        |\n"
              << " |  3. Find out how many animals I know                                    |\n"
              << " |  4. Reset my database                                                    |\n"
              << " |  5. Exit program                                                        |\n"
              << " |                                                                          |\n\n"
              << "Choose an option: \n";
          cin >> option;
          switch (option)
          {
            case '1': directions(); break;
            case '2': playTheGame(animals); break;
            case '3': countAnimals(animals); break;
            case '4': reset(animals); break; 
            case '5': if(exit(animals)) return; break;
          }
      }
      while (true);

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This is what I want it to look like:

Code:

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|                              Twenty Questions                            |
?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?---?
|                                                                          |
|  >  Read the directions                                                  |
|      Play the game                                                        |
|      Find out how many animals I know                                    |
|      Reset my database                                                    |
|      Exit program                                                        |
|                                                                          |
  Use the arrow keys to select an option.

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As you can see, I want my program to move the '>' character up and down to select an option. Don't worry about telling me how to input directional keys, I've figured that out. All I want to know is, if there is a way, how to move that cursor up and down without using a loop that clears the screen and outputs again and again.

Or in simpler terms, how do I move the blinking | thing wherever I want.

There is not standard way to do this, if you are just targeting windows, I think there is some header you can use (conio.h? *shrug*) or you can pick up PDCurses which is some funstuff.

I was pretty sure I would have to #include <conio.h>. I'm just asking for some code that will allow me to move the output line to whatever space necessary. I remember being able to do it in Pascal; however, like text colors, this appears to be a lot more complicated in C++.

Also, could you give me some more information on PDCurses? I could try that..

Search for adrianxw's console tutorial, it would probably help with this.

Ah, this tutorial looks like a winner. I'll post again when I find something.

Gold mine: http://www.adrianxw.dk/SoftwareSite/index.html
Many thanks to Daved for the tip, and adiranxw for the great tutorial.