C - Remove and replace printed items

Question

I\'m writing a program in C compiled in gcc. The question relates to homework, but the specific part I need help with is not part of the homework assignment. A similar que

Answer 1

If I get your question, please try this:

system("cls");

and print a new text on the console.

EDIT:

Also, to answer your second question, have a while loop and:

use getch() found in conio.h

So that you need not wait for the enter key to be pressed as in the scanf.

Answer 2

Use the \b (backspace) character.

printf("Quick brown fox");
int i;
for(i=0; i < 9; i++)
{
    printf("\b");
}
printf("green fox\n");

I noticed that putting a \n on the first printf() messed up the output.

Answer 3

Doing those console manipulations is dependent on the platform that you are using. You will probably need a library to accomplish what you are trying to do. See something like this which is cross platform, or the old conio library for DOS if you're on Windows.