Turning a # symbol into an ascii symbol

[Samtheprogram]

Im programming a roguelike game using visual c++ Microsoft express 2010 and i made a multidimensional array for my first map. I have the walls as # and was wondering how i could turn those into ascii symbol 219. Also i need to know how to turn specific text certain colors.

[James Parsons]

char c = '#';
int ascii = (int) c;

Casting Should Work For You. I Basically Changed The Char To An Int. As For Colors, Look At The Articles Section, I Believe There Is Something About That There.

note: Make Sure Your Terminal Is Configured To Support ASCII, Else You May Get An Unwanted Code.

[Samtheprogram]

Thx dude

[Codermik]

I think OP means how can he display the character for character code 219.

cout << (char)219;

[Codermik]

in action:

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#include <iostream> unsigned char map[10][10] = { 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, }; int main() { for (int down = 0; down < 10; down++) { for (int across = 0; across < 10; across++) { switch (map[down][across]) { case 0: std::cout << " "; break; case 1: std::cout << (char)219; break; } } std::cout << std::endl; } return 0; }

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When it finds 1 in the map data it will show character 219, otherwise a space will be drawn.

[Codermik]

For colours, this post will help you.

http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/5830/