Source Code File 06-05_marquee1

06-05_marquee1.c

#include <ncurses.h>
#include <string.h>

int main()
{   
    char text[] = "Armstrong walks on moon!";
    char *t;
    int len;
    
    initscr();
            
    len = strlen(text);
    t = text;           /* initialize pointer */
    while(len)
    {
        move(5,5);      /* insert same spot */
        insch(*(t+len-1));  /* work backwards */
        refresh();
        napms(100);         /* .1 sec. delay */
        len--;
    }
    getch();
    
    endwin();
    return 0;
}

Output Screenshot

Notes

* Because the code fetches the string's length (Line 12), you can change the text at Line 6 to something perhaps more current. (I use this phrase because it was in a marquee demo program I worked on when I first learned to program.)

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