Substitute for getch(), gotoxy(), delay(), clrscr()

Question

I have some old program source code that I wrote for Turbo C compiler.I made changes to them and want to recompile them in newer compilers for Linux and Windows.So please te

Answer 1

On Unix-like systems you can use VT100 escape codes for replacing clrscr() and gotoxy(). clrscr():

std::cout << "\033[2J" << std::flush;

See http://www.termsys.demon.co.uk/vtansi.htm for gotoxy() and more.

Answer 2

For Windows systems:

Best is to compile the program as a console application for windows.

You can directly use the Windows API for console windows and console output. Take a look at the MSDN: Windows Console functions

Here are possible replacements for the given functions:

• getch(): use _getch() from conio.h
• delay()/sleep(): use the windows Sleep() function
• clrscr(): write your own clrscr() function by using FillConsoleOutputCharacter() and FillConsoleOutputAttribute()
• gotoxy(): use SetConsoleCursorPosition()

Answer 3

Take a look at the ncurses library, for Unix compatible systems.