Colour output to the console

[khajeddin]

(in C programing)
who knows the name of some function which can be used for printing tables or for printing some colorful outputs?
i want to print some data in red color and also want to print and scan some data in table,what shuold i do?

[Ganon11]

Please do not double-post your questions. It will not help them get answered more quickly, it only clutters up the thread list. The second topic has been deleted.

[Banfa]

colour printing depends entirely on the platform you are using. We will need to know the platform to be able to help.

[khajeddin]

well,i actually don't understand what you mean from"platform "...!
if you mean the style of my program...well,i have to write a program which make a file for storring data and then using these data in some function...
(data will be taken in form of structures) .here is a piece of this:

 #include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<string.h>
 struct INFORMATION{
        long student_number;
        char first_name[20];
        char last_name[20];
        float grade[100];
        int grade_number;
        int unit[100];}info[50];
int menu(void);
void add_student(void);
void view_student(void);
void main()
  {
     clrscr();
     for(;;)
        switch(menu()){
            case 1 : add_student(); break;
            case 2 : view_student(); break;
            case 6 : exit(1);
              }/*End of switch & for*/
     }/*End of main*/
int menu(void)
  {
     int index;
 do{  clrscr();
     gotoxy(5,5);
     printf("<<menu of choices:>>");
     gotoxy(5,7);
     printf("1) Adding a student.");
     gotoxy(5,9);
     printf("2) viewing a student's information.");
     gotoxy(5,11);
     printf("3) Editting a student's information.");
     gotoxy(5,13);
     printf("4) Deleting a student.");
     gotoxy(5,15);
     printf("5) List of students' information.");
     gotoxy(5,17);
     printf("6) Exit setup.");
     gotoxy(5,19);
     printf("enter you select,then press Enter key:");
     scanf("%d",&index);}
     while(6<=index && index<=1);
     return index;
     }/*End of menu function*/
//**************************
void add_student()
  {
    FILE *ptfile;
    static int m=0;
    int course_no=0, index, index1;
    char strno[20];
    clrscr();
    getch();
    ptfile=fopen("fmain.dat","a");
    if(!ptfile)
      {printf("\n can not open the file.");
        getch();
        exit(1);}
        for(index=0 ; index<50 ;index++)
        { info[index].first_name[0]='\0' ;
          info[index].last_name[0]='\0' ;
          info[index].grade[0]='\0' ;
          info[index].unit[0]='\0' ;
          info[index].student_number=0;
          info[index].grade_number=0;}
    info[m].grade_number=0;
    gotoxy(5,5);
    printf("Please enter the student number:");
    scanf("%s",strno);
    info[m].student_number=atoi(strno);
    gotoxy(19,7);
    printf("first name :"); scanf("%s",info[m].first_name);
    gotoxy(19,9);
    printf("last name :");  scanf("%s",info[m].last_name);
    gotoxy(19,11);
    printf(" number of courses :");
    scanf("%d",&course_no);
    for(index1=0 ; index1<course_no ;index1++)
        {gotoxy(19,13);
         printf("grade of course number %d .",index1+1);
         scanf("%s",strno);
         info[m].grade[index1]=atoi(strno);
         gotoxy(19,15);
         printf("unit of course number %d .",index1+1);
        scanf("%s",strno); info[m].unit[index1]=atoi(strno);
 
 (info[m].grade_number)+=(info[m].grade[index1])*(info[m].unit[index1]);}
    (info[m].grade_number)/=course_no ;
    fwrite( &info[m] , sizeof(INFORMATION), 1 ,ptfile);
    m++;
    fclose(ptfile);
    printf("Press any key to continue...");
    getch();
    }
void view_student()
  {
    clrscr();
    FILE *ptfile;
    long number=0,variable=0;
    char strno[20];
    int index=0 ,index1;
    ptfile=fopen("fmain.dat","r");
    if(!ptfile)
        { printf("can not open the file.");
         getch();
         exit(1);}
    printf("Please enter the student's number:\n");
    scanf("%s",strno);  number=atoi(strno);
    fread( &info[index], sizeof(INFORMATION) ,1,ptfile);
    for( index=0 ;  !feof(ptfile) ;index++)
     { if(number==info[index].student_number)
      {
       gotoxy(5,5);
       printf("number: %ld",info[index].grade_number);
      gotoxy(5,6);
                  printf("first name: %s",info[index].first_name);
      gotoxy(5,7);
      printf("last name: %s",info[index].last_name);
      gotoxy(5,9);
       printf("avrage: %d",info[index].grade_number);
       gotoxy(5,10)  ;
       for(index1=1; info[index].grade;index1++)
 
{printf("%d) %f %d",index1,info[index].grade[index1],info[index].unit[index1]);
    gotoxy(5,10+index);
            }
    variable=number;
         }
fread( &info[index+1], sizeof(INFORMATION) ,1,ptfile);
                     }
      if(!variable)
      printf("can not find the student\n");
      fclose(ptfile);
    printf("press any keyto continue...");
    getch();
 
    }/*End of view_student*/
//****************************************
 

[Banfa]

colour printing depends entirely on the platform you are using. We will need to know the platform to be able to help.

By platform I mean

What OS
What Compiler
What Computer/CPU Chipset

[khajeddin]

By platform I mean

What OS
What Compiler
What Computer/CPU Chipset

microsoft
Turbo C++ 4.5
intel(R)

[Banfa]

I believe the Borland C++ has a function cprint or cprintf that outputs in colour. But you will have to look it up as I do not know anything about it.

[Ganon11]

You can also use a system() call to generate basic background and text colors. Open up a command prompt and type "color fg" to get the basics on how it works. In your program, you will use a call like

system("COLOR XY");

where X and Y are color constants that you will see in your command prompt when you test it out.