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c++macosconsole-application
One Two Three
One Two Three

Reputation: 23497

Go to a Console position in C++ (on OSX)

I have this piece of c++ code which works perfectly on Windows but I'm trying to port it to OSX and getting a lot of compilation errors.

Is there an equivalent library for OSX?

#include <windows.h>
void gotoXY(int x, int y)
{
     //Set the coordinates
     COORD coord = {x, y};
     //Set the position
     SetConsoleCursorPosition(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), coord);
     return;
}

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2460

Answers (1)

iBug
iBug

Reputation: 37237

Either use nCurses library (recommended), or use ANSI escape sequence:

// nCurses, you need to initialize the window before
move(x, y);

// ANSI escape seq
printf("\033[%d;%dm", x, y);

Upvotes: 6

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