Question

What i am trying to is to do something like this:

Print \ then | then / then _ and it goes on in a loop. Here is my code:

#include <stdio.h>  

int main()  
{ 
   while(1)
   {
           printf("\\");
           printf("|");
           printf("/");
           printf("_");
   }
   return 0;  
}

The problem i face is that it prints it in a sequence, how do i make it print at the same cursor position with some time delay in C or C++?

Answer 1

I don’t properly understand what you mean by How to make cursor rotate? But were you by any chance wanting to do something like this:

#include <stdio.h>  
#include <time.h>  

#define mydelay 100

void delay(int m)
{
    clock_t wait = m+ clock();
    while (wait > clock());
}


int main()  
{  
   while(1)
   {
           printf("\\\b");
           delay(mydelay);
           printf("|\b");
           delay(mydelay);
           printf("/\b");
           delay(mydelay);
           printf("_\b");
           delay(mydelay);
   }

   return 0;  
}