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DaWei · Jun 28th, 2005, 7:05 PM

Do as Ooble suggests. Printing \b moves the cursor back to the previous character on the screen. Printing space overwrites it. Printing \b again repositions you to that character on the screen. You'll also need to discard the character you read when you see the backspace from the keyboard.

Jun 28th, 2005, 7:05 PM	#7
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	Do as Ooble suggests. Printing \b moves the cursor back to the previous character on the screen. Printing space overwrites it. Printing \b again repositions you to that character on the screen. You'll also need to discard the character you read when you see the backspace from the keyboard. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers