QBasic 1.1: LOCATE Statement

Explanation

LOCATE Statement, CSRLIN, POS Functions

LOCATE moves the cursor to a specified position on the screen. CSRLIN returns the current row position of the cursor. POS returns the current column position of the cursor.

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Syntax

LOCATE [row%] [,[column%] [,[cursor%] [,start% [,stop%]]]]

CSRLIN

POS(expression)

Description / Parameter(s)

row% and column%	The number of the row and column to which the cursor moves.
cursor%	Specifies whether the cursor is visible: 0 = invisible, 1 = visible
start% and stop%	Integer expressions in the range 0 through 31 that specify the first and last cursor scan lines. You can change the cursor size by changing the cursor scan lines.
expression	Any expression.

Example


CLS
LOCATE 5, 5
MyRow% = CSRLIN
MyCol% = POS(0)
PRINT "Position 1 (Press any key)"
DO
LOOP WHILE INKEY$ = ""
LOCATE (MyRow% + 2), (MyCol% + 2)
PRINT "Position 2"