How to set output console width in Visual Studio

Question

Whenever I build and run my C++ code from Visual Studio 2013, the console window width is un-adjustable and because of this, causes my output to be pushed onto the next line soo

Answer 1

1. Use Console::SetWindowSize() method (under .NET framework).

   You can refer to here for its documentation and code examples.

2. Or you can use MoveWindow() method (you can also move the window):

   #include 
   using namespace std;
   int main (void)
   {
       HWND console = GetConsoleWindow();
       RECT r;
       GetWindowRect(console, &r); //stores the console's current dimensions
   
       MoveWindow(console, r.left, r.top, 800, 100, TRUE); // 800 width, 100 height
   
       // ...
   }
   

   Check out here for more information.

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If you really want to make your code as portable as possible, maybe you should manually set it by running a cmd prompt. Click on the icon at the top. Select defaults. Enter the settings you want.