Feature Request: cursor row and column position.

[redwdc]

QBasic 4.5 (and QB64) have 2 built in functions to save the cursor position.

CSRLIN for the row: row = CSRLIN

POS for the column: column = POS

For a better/more in-depth explanation see: https://wiki.qb64.org/wiki/CSRLIN

redwdc

[chrisws]

Hi redwdc,

Thanks for the suggestion. These functions can be easily "polyfilled" like this:

def CSRLIN = ypos
def pos(x) = xpos

LOCATE 5, 5: PRINT "HELLO ";
Y = CSRLIN 'save the row
X = POS(0) 'save the column  
LOCATE 10, 10: PRINT "WORLD"
LOCATE Y, X 'restore saved position
PRINT "GOODBYE" 

So there's no need to implement these as core functions.