CS256 - Fundamentals of Structured Programming

Displaying exercises/e8/solution/p1.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <curses.h>

/**
 * Complete the main function below.  Make it print "Hello, world!" every other
 * line starting from the upper left corner and moving to the right 2 columns
 * for every new line, stop when you get to the bottom of the screen (LINES-1).
 * Print a "Press any key to exit" message at the bottom left corner and wait
 * for a keypress to quit the program.
 */
int main(void)
{
  initscr();
  clear();

  int x = 0;
  for(int y = 0; y < LINES-1; y+= 2, x+= 2) {
    mvprintw(y,x,"Hello, world!");
  }
  mvprintw(LINES-1, 0, "Press any key to exit");
  refresh();

  getch();
  endwin();
  return 0;
}