Looking for some basic functions(commands)?

[Ricardo T.]

Hello u all! 

This is my 2nd post ever,i joined the forum last night.

Is this the right place to ask questions about FP programming?. I'm a complete beginner,i just wrote my very first program last night, the Hello World code 

I learned about the writeln,readln functions plus how to write comments in the code  so far so good but,
i have a couple of questions...

is there a function to clear the screen when the program starts running? like cls on the win cmd.

how can i print colored text on the screen?

is it posible to set the cursor (x,y) to display text?

Thanks...

Ricardo T.

[Bart]

See the crt unit.

Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]

1. uses
2.   crt;
3. begin
4.   ClrScr;
5.   GotXY(10,10);
6.   write('Hello World');
7.   GotXY(10,20);
8.   write('Press Enter');
9.   readln;
10. end.

Bart

[Ricardo T.]

Bart... Thanks a lot,just what i was looking for. 

[Thaddy]

@Bart: GotoXY, not GotXY.

For the color https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html-3.0.0/rtl/crt/textcolor.html
Usually it is a good idea to read manuals. That's what they are for.

[Bart]

@Bart: GotoXY, not GotXY.

Well spotted.

My keyboard does not like me 

Bart