Used to run a BBS back in the day. I have to use color. Doesn’t exactly make for clean code though…
…for anyone who is curious (for Windows) add:
#include <windows.h>
…to your header. And then in a function where you are using cout (or cin), add:
HANDLE hConsole;
hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
…and then before you “cout” you can change the color of the text with:
SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, 10);
…“10” in this case is green. In the screenshot I defined a few common colors.
// 1 = Blue, 9 = Bright Blue
// 2 = Green, 10 = Bright Green
// 3 = Aqua, 11 = Bright Aqua
// 4 = Red, 12 = Bright Red
// 5 = Purple, 13 = Bright Purple
// 6 = Yellow, 14 = Bright Yellow
// 7 = White, 15 = Bright White
// 8 = Gray
…have fun!