Java gotoxy(x,y) for console applications

Question

I'm writing a simple console application (80x24) in Java, is there a gotoxy(x,y) equivalent?

Answer 1

I don't think there's a built-in function to do that in Java. There's a Java curses library called JCurses that you can use though.

Answer 2

Not without pulling in a console curses style library...

You can try javacurses and see if that helps you.

Answer 3

If by gotoxy(x,y), you want to reposition your cursor somewhere specific on the console, you can usually use VT100 control codes to do this. See http://www.termsys.demon.co.uk/vtansi.htm.

Do something like

char escCode = 0x1B;
int row = 10; int column = 10;
System.out.print(String.format("%c[%d;%df",escCode,row,column));

Which should move the cursor to position 10,10 on the console.