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jakevfr

Feb 27 2007, 06:45 PM

How do I set the cursor position in C?

I've tried doing:

CODE

#include <windows.h>

void gotoxy ( short x, short y )
{
  COORD coord = {x, y};
  SetConsoleCursorPosition ( GetStdHandle ( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE ), coord );
}

int main()
{
    gotoxy(5,5);
    system("cls");
    printf("Hello World!");
}

but my compiler (Digital Mars) give me:

QUOTE

COORD coord = {x, y};
^
file.c(5) : Error: constant initializer expected
--- errorlevel 1

It's been a while since I've coded in C so I have no idea what that means

Ali Imran

Jul 19 2007, 01:57 PM

I tested it with mingw-gcc and it works just fine.

secondly calling system("cls"); will result in caret going back to top-left corner of screen.

libraries dispatched with DMC are way too old and have not been updated since ages, I noticed this when I was porting my windows library. So I suggest you go and download dev c++ from http://www.bloodshed.net which comes alongwith backend mingw-gcc compiler, and is very good the produce statically linked executables.

regards

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