locate

Purpose

Positions the cursor in the window.

Format

locate m, n;

Examples

// Get current row position of cursor
r = csrlin;

// Get current column positin of cursor
c = csrcol;

// Clear screen
cls;

// Place cursor at r, c
locate r,c;

In this example the window is cleared without affecting the cursor position.

Remarks

locate locates the cursor in the current output window.

m and n denote the row and column, respectively, at which the cursor is to be located.

The origin (1,1) is the upper left corner.

m and n may be any expressions that return scalars. Non-integers will be truncated to an integer.

See also

Functions csrlin(), csrcol()