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Hi,

I'm trying to work out how to stop my programming automatically forcing a line feed when it reaches the last character of the command line console. I'm using the C programming language.

So, say I set up my console like this:

// 80 x 50:
system("mode CON: COLS=80 LINES=50");
// Black background, cyan text:
system("color 03");
// Clear screen:
system("cls");
// Set title:
system("title Console started at %TIME% on %DATE%");

and I have a function to switch off the blinking cursor too, and to set the X and Y co-ordinates for my text.

Now, I want to write to the bottom row of the console and write 80 characters, like:

gotoxy(0,49);
for(int i=0; i<80; i++)
{
 printf(".");
} // Forces line feed after the last character is written :-/

Obviously, if I could avoid the automatic line feed somehow, this would be helpful. Would I have to use a pointer to write the character at the last character of the console instead of printing it?

Any help or tips would be good,

Many thanks,

Shaun.

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