A Simple scanw example
compile:
gcc sample.c -lncurses
[code language=’c’]
#include
#include
int main()
{
char mesg[]=”Enter a string: “; /* message to be appeared on the screen */
char str[80];
int row,col; /* to store the number of rows and *
* the number of colums of the screen */
initscr(); /* start the curses mode */
getmaxyx(stdscr,row,col); /* get the number of rows and columns */
mvprintw(row/2,(col-strlen(mesg))/2,”%s”,mesg);
/* print the message at the center of the screen */
getstr(str);
mvprintw(LINES – 2, 0, “You Entered: %s”, str);
getch();
endwin();
return 0;
}
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