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Re: ASCII Codes

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On 9/8/2024 2:37 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> On 9/8/2024 2:32 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> Student Project <student@invalid.invalid> writes:
>>> This one works as expected but there is definitely a room for
>>> improvement. :-)
>>>
>>> #include <iostream>
>>> #include <vector>
>>>
>>> using namespace std;
>>
>> I suggest dropping this and using `std::vector`, `std::string`,
>> `std::cout` explicitly.  It's a bit more typing, but IMHO it makes the
>> code clearer.
>>
>>> int main()
>>> {
>>>      system("color 0A");
>>
>> This set the console to black background (0) and light green foreground
>> (A), but only under cmd.exe on Windows.
>>
>>>      system("cls");
>>
>> This clears the screen, but only on Windows.
>>
>> Both of these needlessly limit the portability of your program.
>>
>> On a system that doesn't have "color" and "cls" commands, the calls to
>> system() will fail silently and do nothing, which is probably ok.
>>
>> But why would you want to clear the screen and change the foreground and
>> background colors anyway?  Why is that part of the desired behavior of
>> your program?
>>
>> If I want to run a program that displays data on my screen, I'm going to
>> be seriously annoyed if it erases *my* existing data and messes with my
>> foreground and background colors.
> [...]
> 
> Applesoft Basic Online:
> 
> https://www.calormen.com/jsbasic/
> 

Be sure to click on the run button. The color is interesting to me... ;^)

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ASCII Codes Student Project <student@invalid.invalid> - 2024-09-08 20:45 +0000
  Re: ASCII Codes Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-09-08 14:32 -0700
    Re: ASCII Codes "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-09-08 14:37 -0700
      Re: ASCII Codes "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-09-08 14:39 -0700
    Re: ASCII Codes Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-09-09 09:41 -0400
    Re: ASCII Codes red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2024-09-09 21:44 -0700
  Re: ASCII Codes Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2024-09-09 14:32 +0200
  Re: ASCII Codes Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-09-09 13:44 +0100
    Re: ASCII Codes Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-09-09 09:43 -0400
    Re: ASCII Codes Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2024-09-09 18:52 +0200
      Re: ASCII Codes Student Project <student@invalid.invalid> - 2024-09-10 01:04 +0100
        Re: ASCII Codes Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2024-09-10 10:32 +0200
  Re: ASCII Codes Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2024-09-10 07:55 +0300

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