Re: Blinking a row

[jonadab]

in reply to Re: Blinking a row
in thread Blinking a row

Hey, I just remembered how I used to blink a row in Applesoft BASIC. I think I can emulate that effect in Perl...

sub blinkrow {
  my ($rowtext) = @_;
  while (1) {
    print$/x60;sleep 1;
    print "$rowtext\n"; sleep 1;
  }
}

HTH.HAND.

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[tachyon]

The \r carriage return is useful for incrementing counters but can also do blink - If you have to! A reasonable purpose would be say if the nuclear reactor powering you computer is in danger of a China Syndrome meltdown due to problems with the heavy water supply from your municipal authority....

do{ print 0==$a++%2 ?"Core Meltdown!\r" : "              \r"; sleep 1}
+ while 1;

cheers

tachyon

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