Re: How to format text input/output?

On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:56:38 -0500, Scirious wrote:
People, is it possible to control command prompt text output in Java
as it is in C? I mean, cam I print a line, them erase that line and
repreint it in the same line?

As long as you stay on the same line (no linefeed), most terminals
support \r to go back to the start of the line.

for (int i=0; i<10; i++) {
System.out.print("this is line " + i + "\r");
}
System.out.println();

/gordon

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