Hey guys i am new to this group and to the programming world.Well not very new either.Anyway...why are there no gotoxy and clrscr inbuilt functions in ms visual studio.I mean they are not in the lib.So can anyone tell me how i could make my own clrscr and gotoxy functions or are there any such already written...

thanking in anticipation

Hello and Welcome to GIDForums™ roalme00. Do a search of this forum for gotoxy. That should bag you 7 hits (6 plus this thread) and, as the magic 8 ball likes to say,

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You can try the Windows API console function SetConsoleCursorPosition(). Yes, you can use lots of the functions in <windows.h> in console applications. These do not require MFC or other classes. You can look on msdn.com, or try the great tutorials this site: Adrianxw Win32 Console Tutorials

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Dave