How use ansi escape to move upward

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Hello. I m wondering whether is possible to move the cursor to line up in the screen after printing a string to early one?

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I found some strings code across the web but no one is working, something like \033 [F.

Posted 9-Apr-20 8:43am

Mat 257

Updated 9-Apr-20 9:06am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-09T09:07:00

That's going to depend on the system you are using to produce the code, and the framework in which your app runs: a WinForms C++ app will not process ANSI escape seuqences at all for example, and many console based outputs won't either.
Even if it does, the ANSI sequence for cursor up is ESC [ <numberoflines> A not #033 [ F

Start with the documentation for your framework, and work back from there.

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