gotoxy statement

[jteneso]

hi guys, i'm a beginner student of programming. is there anyone who can help me in regard of gotoxy statement, how can i create a box using the char; (alt 1 7 8) with dimensions 8x8 and centered from a screen..thanks

[Elysia]

I would recommend against using it. It's not portable.
I assume you're using C, yes? It is definitely possible to do this using regular printf.

[jteneso]

hi yes i'm using c, can you pls give me example for this...thanks a lot

[Elysia]

printf("*****");
printf("*   *");
//etc

If you want, you can do it with loops. Then you need a working logic. But that isn't so difficult.

This is just a basic example. You'll have to adapt it to exactly what you want (which is not so clear, btw).

[siavoshkc]

Although beginners should know at some time what is portable and not, I think there is no problem to use gotoxy().

jteneso, anytime you needed to know how to use a function you may read its documentation. For example Borland Manual. If you didn't understand something, people here will help you.

[laserlight]

Although beginners should know at some time what is portable and not, I think there is no problem to use gotoxy().

I agree, since there is nothing in the C standard library that does what gotoxy() does. The feature is simply not portable, so if you need to use it, you need to use it.