Re [Dev-C++] Question of the day

[SpiderMan <Spi...@pr...>]

    In my C++ book it says that \b will produce a system beep through =
the internal speakers, not earse characters.
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  From: Ioannis Vranos=20
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  Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 4:21 AM
  Subject: [Dev-C++] Question of the day


  Why the following code does not work as it is supposed to work?
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  #include <stdio.h>

  int main()
  {

  printf("This is a test\b\b\b\b\b\n");
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  return 0;
  }
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  I expected to print on screen "This is a".
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  I tried it on 3 compilers with different combinations and the results =
were the same ('\b' not erasing).
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  Ioannis
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