Escape-Sequence-Color-Header

Color Your Output in Unix using C++!!

Principle

http://ascii-table.com/ansi-escape-sequences.php

File:

Escape Sequence Color Header.h (see src folder)

Date:

2015/02/09 16:13 (~3h)

Author:

Uduse

Text Attribute Options:

BOLD, UNDERSCORE, BLINK, REVERSE_VIDEO, CONCEALED

Color Options:

BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN, WHITE

Format:

General Format, include value you want in $variable$

COLOR_$Text Attribute$ COLOR_$Foreground Color$$Background Color$ COLOR$Text Attribute$$Foreground Color$$Background Color$ COLOR_NORMAL // To set color to default

e.g.

COLOR_BOLD
COLOR_BLUE_NORMAL // Leave Text Attribute Blank if no TextAttribute appied
COLOR_UNDERSCORE_YELLOW_RED
COLOR_NORMAL

Usage:

Just use to stream the color you want before outputting text and use again to set the color to normal after outputting text.

cout << COLOR_BLUE_BLACK << "TEXT" << COLOR_NORMAL << endl; cout << COLOR_BOLD_YELLOW_CYAN << "TEXT" << COLOR_NORMAL << endl;

More Examples

Create a block of Bold text

cout << COLOR_BOLD;
cout << COLOR_RED_CYAN << "COLOR_RED_CYAN";
cout << COLOR_WHITE_MAGENTA << "COLOR_WHITE_MAGENTA";
cout << COLOR_CYAN_YELLOW << "COLOR_CYAN_YELLOW";
cout << COLOR_NORMAL;

Create a block of Red text

cout << COLOR_RED_NORMAL;
cout << COLOR_BOLD << "COLOR_BOLD";
cout << COLOR_UNDERSCORE << "COLOR_UNDERSCORE";
cout << COLOR_NORMAL;

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