Changing the color of a specific character

Question

Is there any way to change the color in the console of a specific character? I'm using code blocks and, for example, I want to change the color of all @ to red and all o to yellow.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 30 '15 at 15:32

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You have to write a different function to achieve this task. I am adding a code to show how it can be done in C.`

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void output(char *s)
{
int i=0;
while(*(s+i) !='\0')
{
    if(*(s+i)=='@')
   {
   textcolor(RED);
    cprintf("%c",*(s+i));
   }
   else if(*(s+i) =='.')
   {
    textcolor(YELLOW);
    cprintf("%c",*(s+i));
   }
   else
   {
   textcolor(WHITE);
   cprintf("%c",*(s+i));
   }
   i++;
}
}
void main()
{
char S[]="@shvet.";
output(S);
getch();
}

Here is the image for the output console window.

Note that I have used cprintf function instead of printf. This is because cprintf send formatted output to text window on screen and printf sends it to stdin.

answered Nov 30 '15 at 15:32

Shvet Chakra

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If this solves your query.Mark the answer as accepted. – Shvet Chakra Nov 30 '15 at 15:57
It's just..neither CodeBlocks or Microsoft Visual Studio recognize the textcolor function.. – Rusu Florin Andrei Dec 01 '15 at 11:50
specifically if you want to do it in Code Block then follow the following link , it might be helpful [link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29574849/how-to-change-text-color-and-console-color-in-codeblocks) – Shvet Chakra Dec 01 '15 at 14:34
Thanks! You, sir, are a life saver :)) – Rusu Florin Andrei Dec 01 '15 at 15:00

Changing the color of a specific character

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