ScreenRows

Syntax

#include <pc.h> int ScreenRows(void);

Description

This function returns the number of rows of the text screen. It does so by looking at the byte at the absolute address 40:84h in the BIOS area. This method works only for video adapters with their own BIOS extensions, like EGA, VGA, SVGA etc.

Return Value

The number of rows.

Portability

ANSI/ISO C	No
POSIX	No

Example

int rows = ScreenRows();