From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Help! Characters won't COUT
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 19:22:11 -0300
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qasic AT hotmail DOT com wrote:

> I was wondering if anybody using DJGPP could tell me why the "*" won't print
> correctly when this program is compiled using DJGPP. It works find using
> Borland's C++ 4.5 but nothing is printed when I use DJGPP.

    It is because DJGPP uses buffered I/O.  Try this:
cout << '*' << flush;

    If your doing a lot of locating, then make sure that flush is called before
each gotoxy command.
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