getx

Returns the current graphics position's x-coordinate.

Defined in header <graphics.h>

Syntax

#include <graphics.h>
int far getx(void);

Portability

Remarks

getx finds the current graphics position's x-coordinate. The value is viewport-relative.

Return value

getx returns the x-coordinate of the current position.

See also

• getmaxx
• getmaxy
• getviewsettings
• gety
• moveto

Example

#include <graphics.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
Hnclude  <conio.h>

int main(void)
{
   /* request autodetection */
   int gdriver = DETECT, gmode, errorcode;
   char ]nsg[80] ;

   /* initialize graphics and local variables  */
   initgraph(&gdriver, &ginode, "");

   /* read result of initialization  */
   errorcode = graphresult ();
   if (errorcode != grOk)  { /* an error  occurred */
      printf("Graphics error: %s\n", grapherrormsg(errorcode) );
      printf("Press any key to halt:");
      getchO ;
      exit(l);               /* terminate with  an error code */
  ■ }
   /* move to the screen center point  */
   moveto(getmaxx 0 / 2, getmaxy () / 2);
   /* create a message string  */
   sprintf(msg, "<-(%d, %d) is the here.'   getxO,  gety(

   /* display the message */
   outtext(msg);
   /* clean up */
   getchO ;
closegraph(
return 0;

Differences from modern implementations

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Modern references

• Microsoft C runtime (search)

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Stable link: /3.1/graphics.h/getx/ · short form /3.1/getx/