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instance method
IO#cursor
io.cursor → [row, column]
ext/io/console/console.c
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static VALUE
console_cursor_pos(VALUE io)
{
#ifdef _WIN32
rb_console_size_t ws;
int fd = GetWriteFD(io);
if (!GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo((HANDLE)rb_w32_get_osfhandle(fd), &ws)) {
rb_syserr_fail(LAST_ERROR, 0);
}
return rb_assoc_new(UINT2NUM(ws.dwCursorPosition.Y), UINT2NUM(ws.dwCursorPosition.X));
#else
static const struct query_args query = {"\033[6n", 0};
VALUE resp = console_vt_response(0, 0, io, &query);
VALUE row, column, term;
unsigned int r, c;
if (!RB_TYPE_P(resp, T_ARRAY) || RARRAY_LEN(resp) != 3) return Qnil;
term = RARRAY_AREF(resp, 2);
if (!RB_TYPE_P(term, T_STRING) || RSTRING_LEN(term) != 1) return Qnil;
if (RSTRING_PTR(term)[0] != 'R') return Qnil;
row = RARRAY_AREF(resp, 0);
column = RARRAY_AREF(resp, 1);
rb_ary_resize(resp, 2);
r = NUM2UINT(row) - 1;
c = NUM2UINT(column) - 1;
RARRAY_ASET(resp, 0, INT2NUM(r));
RARRAY_ASET(resp, 1, INT2NUM(c));
return resp;
#endif
}
Returns the current cursor position as a two-element array of integers (row, column)
Example
io.cursor # => [3, 5]
You must require ‘io/console’ to use this method.