How not to print "Time Remaining" every time in dev c++ , I want to print "Time Remain : 59" then 59 removed and put 58 and so.

Question

#include <iostream> #include <Windows.h> using namespace std; int main(){ int counter = 60 ; Sleep(1000); while (counter>=1){ cout<<"Time Remaining : " << counter << endl; Sleep(1000); counter--; } return 0; }//main

//Output is...
// Time Remaining : 60
/*Time Remaining : 59 ...and so on but I dont want this output format I want this

Time Remaining : 60 then 59 replaces the number 60 directly on it's location

// I used Dev c++ as my IDE

*/

Appreciate ur help guys , please help

Answer 1

you can simply add system("cls"); right at the start of the loop to clear the screen every time before printing. Use the header #include<stdlib.h>

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
using namespace std;
int main(void){
int counter = 60 ;
Sleep(1000);
while (counter>=1){
system("cls");
cout<<"Time Remaining : " << counter;
Sleep(1000); counter--;
}
}

I also tried implementing it using "\b" but for some unknown reason i got 60, 59, 58,.....13, 12, 11, 10, 90, 80, 70, 60.... An extra 0 was appended at the last

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
using namespace std;
int main(void){
int counter = 60 ;
cout<<"Time Remaining : ";
while (counter>=1){
cout<< counter; Sleep(100);
if(counter>9) cout<<"\b\b";
else cout<<"\b";
counter--;
}
}//main

I hope this helps

Answer 2

Swoniga Maharjan thank u