Console window clearing.

[Dragonalex]

I am making a C++ console Blackjack game, and I want it to clear a line, without clearing the whole thing (like CLS)

Is there a reativly simple way to do this?

[Codeplug]

Tutorial on Windows OS console API: http://www.adrianxw.dk/SoftwareSite/...Consoles1.html

You'll learn a few tricks - including what you're looking for.

gg

[Russco]

You can call this function to do it. Make sure you include <windows.h>

void clrscr()
{
    COORD coord_screen = { 0 , 0 };
    CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
    DWORD chars_written , con_size;
    // get output handle to console
    HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
    // work out console size
    GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &csbi);
    con_size = csbi.dwSize.X * csbi.dwSize.Y;
    // fill with blanks
    FillConsoleOutputCharacter(hConsole, TEXT(' '), con_size, coord_screen, &chars_written);
    GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &csbi);
    FillConsoleOutputAttribute(hConsole, csbi.wAttributes, con_size, coord_screen, &chars_written);
    // move cursor to top left corner
    SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConsole, coord_screen);
}

[fred100]

Avoid newbies "tutorials"
Read MSDN, where everything is there. see Console apis reference