[Tutor] strange bidi requirement
Alan Gauld
alan.gauld at btinternet.com
Wed Feb 24 23:53:18 CET 2010
"rick" <rdole1 at cogeco.ca> wrote in message
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> 14238.83
>
> I would need to read the .03, then the .8, and so on. I figure all
> strings, cast to int (well, for this example, float). Would this be
> easier if I learned some GUI programming? Can it be done at all in
> just console?
It can but you probably need to fake it by storting the previous anser then
pre-pending the next character. You can do it by using one of the console
I/O libraries to delete the line and rewrite it - conio is one such.
In pseudocode
ans = ''
while not done
ch = getch()
ans = ch+ans
delete line
print line,
Hope thats enough to start.
Another option for a known length is to use cursor positioning commands
to move the cursor from right to left with each character.
Finally you could use curses, but thats just a pseudo GUI for consoles!
HTH,
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Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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