I'm clueless to whats happening

[SteveCRM]

Okay...this program is [i]supposed[/] to bounce an asterisk (*) around in a console. It only moves back and forth and leaves a trail. But the console comes up blank...but little lines move accross the bottom???

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
    cout<<"Welcome to dot mover!"<<endl<<"press '4' and '6' to move"<<endl;
    int i;
    int theChar;
    int position=5;
    int direction = 2; //1 = right  2 = left
    while(theChar!=0)
    {
        if(direction==2)
        {
            for(i=i;i<position;i++)
            {
                cout<<" ";
                if(position==80)
                {
                    direction=1;
                }
            }
                cout<<"*"<<endl;
        }
                getchar(theChar);
        if(direction=1)
        {
            for(i=i;position<1;i--)
            {
                cout<<" ";
                if(position==80)
                {
                    direction=2;
                }
                cout<<"*"<<endl;
            }
        }
    }
    return 0;
}