colors in console?

[[praetorian]]

Anyone knows how to write something in colors in console applications?

For example, how do I write "Hello" in red?

[Megatron]

If you're using Borland, try this:

#include <conio.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    textcolor(15);
    printf("Hello World!\n");
    return 0;
}

If you're using Visual C++, try this:

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    // Set color to yellow
    SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUT), 14);
    printf("Hello World!\n");
    return 0;
}

[Vlatko]

Here is some more info for the SetConsoleTextAttribute second parameter

wAttributes
Specifies the foreground and background color attributes. Any combination of the following values can be specified: FOREGROUND_BLUE, FOREGROUND_GREEN, FOREGROUND_RED, FOREGROUND_INTENSITY, BACKGROUND_BLUE, BACKGROUND_GREEN, BACKGROUND_RED, and BACKGROUND_INTENSITY. For example, the following combination of values produces white text on a black background:

FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_BLUE