Language C - Position my Printf in X and Y on the screen.

[Max0007]

Homework Statement

I work on Microsoft Visual studio 2010 on Win7.

Ok so let me explain the problem here, The functions works very good to position my printf in X and Y on my screen ONLY when my 2D Array labyrinth Map is NOT printed on the screen.

But once I printf my Map on the screen I cannot position the printf in X and Y.

This is the current code I use to position my printf and only works when my Map is not printed on the screen.

gotoxy(posx,5); clreoscr();
textcolor(15);
posx = printf("\nSpeed of Character: %d / %d",speed, m1);
textcolor(15);
posx = printf("\nSpeed of enemie: %d / %d", speed_e, m2);This is the functions I have to use to give my printf a position on my screen.
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void gotoxy(int x,int y) //positions text cursor at (x, y) screen position
{
CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbiInfo; //variable declarations
HANDLE hConsoleOut;

hConsoleOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsoleOut,&csbiInfo);

csbiInfo.dwCursorPosition.X = x; //cursor position X coordinate
csbiInfo.dwCursorPosition.Y = y; //cursor position Y coordinate
SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConsoleOut,csbiInfo.dwCursorPosition); //set cursor at the given screen coordinate
}/*-------------------------wherex()------------------------------------*/

int wherex() //returns current text cursor (x) coordinate
{
CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbiInfo;
GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), &csbiInfo);
return csbiInfo.dwCursorPosition.X;
}

/*-------------------------wherey()----------------------------------*/

int wherey() //returns current text cursor (y) coordinate
{
CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbiInfo;
GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), &csbiInfo);
return csbiInfo.dwCursorPosition.Y;
}

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[jedishrfu]

If this is a character based game then have you looked at ANSI codes?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_codes

I've,used them a lot in my character based programs and scripts to control where I print things to the display. They work in all sorts of languages once you learn how to represent escape codes in your program.