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From: fmarcos AT jet DOT es (Fernando Marcos)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Odd printf behaviour
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 13:28:50 GMT
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"Alexander V. Lukyanov" <lav AT video DOT yars DOT free DOT net> wrote:

>> I wrote some simple code that utilizes the gotoxy() and printf() 
>> statements to place text on the screen, ala:
>> When I run this type of code nothing appears on the screen.  I can see 
>> the cursor jumping around, but nothing else.  However, if I include a 
>> '\n' in the printf statement, things display fine, *or* as soon as I 
>> printf with a '\n' outside the loop, then **all** the text gets 
>> displayed.  It's almost as if it's being buffered, and isn't displayed 
>> until a '\n' comes along.

That is because you need to fflush(stdout) after you write a string 
without a trailing "\n". It is a normal printf() "feature".