Please help me with this simple task
I need to know how to add a blinking something, such as an arrow, in a program after a cout and before a pause, to notify the user that he needs to hit a button to continue! For example:
-----before--------------
Hello.
-----after hitting key --
Hello.
My name is Mike.a
-----before with blinking arrow -- (the > is blinking though)
Hello. >
-------after --------------
Hello.
My name is Mike.
--------------------------
HOW DO I DO THIS!?!? Please don't tell me I have to use a loop, is there just another command, if not then give me whatever you think will work! I use C++ with Microsoft Visual 6 C++.
Thanks
Edited by - felisandria on December 13, 2001 12:58:55 PM
quote:Original post by Zero Point One
Please don''t tell me I have to use a loop, is there just another command, if not then give me whatever you think will work!
OK, we won''t then A loop is required.
You can use the good ol'' C command ''getch();''
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Your post isn't really clear, but why not try a cout << hello << ">"; and then read in the stream with cin << variableBlah; ( variableBlah is whatever variable name you want )...
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Edited by - cyberdrek on December 13, 2001 7:00:42 AM
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Edited by - cyberdrek on December 13, 2001 7:00:42 AM
not clear..? All I want to do is add a blinking character!!!!!! So at one instance it does this " " and the next it does this ">" so what youg is a blinking arrow!
Guess you probably do need to use a loop, I just thought there might be some sort of command. And about the pause thing, how to pause it without it saying "press any key to continue", can you use:
#include
cout<<"Hello"<system("PAUSE
Does anyone know what I''m referring to here!?
Guess you probably do need to use a loop, I just thought there might be some sort of command. And about the pause thing, how to pause it without it saying "press any key to continue", can you use:
#include
cout<<"Hello"<system("PAUSE
Does anyone know what I''m referring to here!?
not clear..? All I want to do is add a blinking character!!!!!! So at one instance it does this " " and the next it does this ">" so what youg is a blinking arrow!
Guess you probably do need to use a loop, I just thought there might be some sort of command. And about the pause thing, how to pause it without it saying "press any key to continue", can you use:
#include
cout<<"Hello"<system("PAUSE < null")
-- or something like this! I read online but can't find that resource now!!
Does anyone know what I'm referring to here!?
Edited by - Zero Point One on December 13, 2001 9:14:02 AM
Edited by - Zero Point One on December 13, 2001 9:14:39 AM
Guess you probably do need to use a loop, I just thought there might be some sort of command. And about the pause thing, how to pause it without it saying "press any key to continue", can you use:
#include
cout<<"Hello"<system("PAUSE < null")
-- or something like this! I read online but can't find that resource now!!
Does anyone know what I'm referring to here!?
Edited by - Zero Point One on December 13, 2001 9:14:02 AM
Edited by - Zero Point One on December 13, 2001 9:14:39 AM
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