// @topic S-0301-01-10-15 C++ console window animation // @brief uses C++ std::this_thread::sleep_for() #include <cstdlib> #include <string> #include <thread> #include <chrono> #include <iostream> int main() { // animation loop const int DISPLAY_SIZE = 90; for ( int idx = 0; idx < 20; ++idx ) { std::this_thread::sleep_for( std::chrono::milliseconds( 200 ) ); std::cout << "\r"; // carriage return on the same line system( "cls" ); // clear screen -- windows-specific std::string animation_frame( DISPLAY_SIZE, ' ' ); animation_frame[ idx ] = '['; animation_frame[ idx + 1 ] = 'A'; animation_frame[ idx + 2 ] = ']'; std::cout << animation_frame << "\n"; std::cout << animation_frame << "\n"; std::cout << animation_frame << "\n"; std::cout << animation_frame; } std::cout << "\n"; system( "pause" ); return 0; }