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WPRINTF.C
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/* WPRINTF.C shows how to use vprintf functions to write new versions
* of printf. Functions illustrated include:
* vsprintf vprintf vfprintf
*
* The vsprintf function is used in the example. The other variations
* can be used similarly. For other examples of formatted output,
* see EXTDIR.C (sprintf), TABLE.C (fprintf), and PRINTF.C.
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <graph.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <malloc.h>
int wprintf( short row, short col, short clr, long bclr, char *fmt, ... );
void main()
{
short fgd = 0;
long bgd = 0L;
_clearscreen( _GCLEARSCREEN );
_outtext( "Color text example:\n\n" );
/* Loop through 8 background colors. */
for( bgd = 0L; bgd < 8; bgd++ )
{
wprintf( (int)bgd + 3, 1, 15, bgd, "Back: %d Fore:", bgd );
/* Loop through 16 foreground colors. */
for( fgd = 0; fgd < 16; fgd++ )
wprintf( -1, -1, fgd, -1L, " %2d ", fgd );
}
}
/* Full-screen window version of printf that takes row, column, textcolor,
* and background color as its first arguments, followed by normal printf
* format strings (except that \t is not handled). You can specify -1 for
* any of the first arguments to use the current value. The function returns
* the number of characters printed, or a negative number for errors.
*/
int wprintf( short row, short col, short clr, long bclr, char *fmt, ... )
{
struct _rccoord tmppos;
short ret, size;
va_list marker;
char *buffer;
/* It's probably safe to use a buffer length of 512 bytes or five times
* the length of the format string.
*/
size = strlen( fmt );
size = (size > 512) ? 512 : size * 5;
if( (buffer = (char *)malloc( size )) == NULL )
return -1;
/* Set text position. */
tmppos = _gettextposition();
if( row < 1 )
row = tmppos.row;
if( col < 1 )
col = tmppos.col;
_settextposition( row, col );
/* Set foreground and background colors. */
if( clr >= 0 )
_settextcolor( clr );
if( bclr >= 0 )
_setbkcolor( bclr );
/* Write text to a string and output the string. */
va_start( marker, fmt );
ret = vsprintf( buffer, fmt, marker );
va_end( marker );
_outtext( buffer );
free( buffer );
return ret;
}
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