outtextxy

Displays a string at a specified location.

Defined in header <graphics.h>

Syntax

#include <graphics.h>
void  far outtextxy(int   x, int y, char far *textstring);

Portability

Remarks

outtextxy displays a text string in the viewport at the given position (x, y), using the current justification settings and the current font, direction, and size.

To maintain code compatibiHty when using several fonts, use textwidth and textheight to determine the dimensions of the string.

^^

If a string is printed with the default font using outtext or outtextxy, any part of the string that extends outside the current viewport is truncated.

outtext is for use in graphics mode; it will not work in text mode.

Return value

None.

See also

• gettextsettings
• outtext
• textheight
• textwidth

Example

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

int main(void)
{
   /* request autodetection */
   int gdriver = DETECT, gmode, errorcode;
   int midx, midy;

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

   /* 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 */
   }
   midx = getmaxx() / 2;
   midy = getmaxy() / 2;

   /* output text at center of the screen; CP  doesn't get changed */
   outtextxy(midx, midy, "This is a test.");
/* clean up */
getchO ;
closegraphO ;
return 0;

Differences from modern implementations

Nothing recorded yet.

Modern references

• Microsoft C runtime (search)

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