how to control position of output values on output console

I have an application which periodically gives me an output of sonar
values .However i am unable to view the values as they get replaced by
the new ones below in realtime and are displayed after the previous
output is displayed. Is there any mechanism in C++ where i can fix
position of the string on console e.g. "sonar 0 =" and the output
147.000 gets replaced by the new value as the new reading gets read.
This way the results would be more visible.

sonar 0 = 147.000000 sonar 1 = 19.700000 sonar 2 =
282.400000 sonar 3 = 491.000000 sonar 4 = 348.000000 sonar 5
= 220.300000 sonar 6 = 106.900000 sonar 7 = 301.30000

Regards
Pratap

re: how to control position of output values on output console

On 2007-07-18 13:13, pratap wrote:There's no way to do that with the standard IO capabilities of C++, you
have to use some third-party library, which depends on your platform.

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Erik Wikström

re: how to control position of output values on output console

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:13:21 +0000, pratap wrote:
Try ncurses, or something similar.

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Obnoxious User

re: how to control position of output values on output console

On Jul 18, 1:27 pm, Erik Wikström <Erik-wikst...@telia.comwrote:If the values are all on one line, outputting enough '\b' and
then rewriting the entire line will usually work. (Not that I'd
really recommend it.) Otherwise, curses/ncurses is pretty much
the de facto standard.

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