C++ cout code

[guru670]

Hi ,
can someone point me to the code for doing cout << for printing text that is inside a box on the screen.. and this code would not use VC+ code just c++ code

[Bazzy]

what is a 'box' ?
Like this?

+-------+
| Hello |
+-------+

[cnoeval]

He probably means a GUI window.

[guru670]

yes the following is what I would need.. would it be enabled with \n

+-----------+
| Hello |
+-----------+

[Bazzy]

pseudocode:

len = length of the string
output '+'
output len '-'
output '+\n'
output '|'
output your string
output '|\n'
repeat line 2, 3, 4

[guru670]

thank you

[moorecm]

Like this?

string s = "Hello";

cout << "+-";
for( int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i )
{
    cout << "-";
}
cout << "-+" << endl << "| " << s << " |" << endl << "+-";
for( int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i )
{
    cout << "-";
}
cout << "-+" << endl;

This would make for a nice function...