From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Centering printf text on a 80 column screen
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 21:48:39 -0700
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dabrownz AT mindspring DOT com wrote:

> How do you center printf text on a DOS screen?  I can't find anyway to
> do this other than using tabs and spaces (very annoying).  What is the
> 'correct' way to do it?  Do I have to use 'cprintf' or some other
> keyword or include another library?  I'd would really appriciate any
> help, Thanks.

printf has no functionality for this.  cprintf (a function, by the way, not
a keyword) doesn't either, as far as I know.

Probably the best solution is to write a centering function, which, when
passed a string and a width, will center that string in the width (or clip
it if it won't fit).  This is quite simple.

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