C Programming Question-Flash Character in stdout

Basically, I want to know the function that allows you to remove a character put on the console. For instance, if I take the character 'X' and use putc('X', stdout), it puts the character on the stdout console, but I want to remove that character now to where it is nothing, so I can create an infinite while that will have the character flash. Any help would be great, thanks.

 

Try printing ASCII code 8 (backspace).

putc((char)8,stdout);

 

Thanks, I used that to backspace, and then putc(NULL, stdout) and it worked fine, thanks again.

 

Here's what I got to make it work:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
int temp = 0;
while(temp < 10000)
{
putc('X', stdout);
putc((char)8, stdout);
putc(NULL, stdout);
putc((char)8, stdout);
temp++;
}
}
Unfortunately, I have to figure out how to make a delay between flashes, but I got the flash working.

 

another thing you can do is to use the escape character \b Either way, does the same thing.