Question

How to write text with different colors in windows console in C

Answer 1

#include <windows.h> 
#include <stdio.h>

#define DEFAULT_COLOR 7

void setColor(int color) {
	HANDLE hConsole;
	hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
	SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, color);
}

int main()
{
	for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
		setColor(i);
		printf("This text number is: %d\n", i);
	}
	
	setColor(DEFAULT_COLOR);
	printf("This text is DEFAULT_COLOR\n");

	return 0;
}



/*
run:

This text number is: 0
This text number is: 1
This text number is: 2
This text number is: 3
This text number is: 4
This text number is: 5
This text number is: 6
This text number is: 7
This text number is: 8
This text number is: 9
This text number is: 10
This text number is: 11
This text number is: 12
This text number is: 13
This text number is: 14
This text number is: 15

*/

 

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