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wherex

Header File

conio.h

Category

Console I/O Routines

Prototype

int wherex(void);

Description

Gives horizontal cursor position within window.

Note: Do not use this function in Win32 GUI applications.
wherex returns the x-coordinate of the current cursor position (within the current text window).

Return Value

wherex returns an integer in the range 1 to the number of columns in the current video mode.

Example

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    #include <conio.h>
    int main(void)
    {
       clrscr();
       gotoxy(10,10);
       cprintf("Current location is X: %d  Y: %d\r\n", wherex(), wherey());
       getch();
       return 0;
    }

Portability

POSIX | Win32 | ANSI C | ANSI C++
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