Esistono diversi metodi per gestire i colori, potresti per esempio salvare il seguente codice in un file chiamato colors.h e posto nella cartella che contiene il tuo sorgente.
codice:
// ConsoleColor.h
#pragma once
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
inline std::ostream& blue(std::ostream &s)
{
HANDLE hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
SetConsoleTextAttribute(hStdout, FOREGROUND_BLUE
|FOREGROUND_GREEN|FOREGROUND_INTENSITY);
return s;
}
inline std::ostream& red(std::ostream &s)
{
HANDLE hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
SetConsoleTextAttribute(hStdout,
FOREGROUND_RED|FOREGROUND_INTENSITY);
return s;
}
inline std::ostream& green(std::ostream &s)
{
HANDLE hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
SetConsoleTextAttribute(hStdout,
FOREGROUND_GREEN|FOREGROUND_INTENSITY);
return s;
}
inline std::ostream& yellow(std::ostream &s)
{
HANDLE hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
SetConsoleTextAttribute(hStdout,
FOREGROUND_GREEN|FOREGROUND_RED|FOREGROUND_INTENSITY);
return s;
}
inline std::ostream& white(std::ostream &s)
{
HANDLE hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
SetConsoleTextAttribute(hStdout,
FOREGROUND_RED|FOREGROUND_GREEN|FOREGROUND_BLUE);
return s;
}
struct color {
color(WORD attribute):m_color(attribute){};
WORD m_color;
};
template <class _Elem, class _Traits>
std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>&
operator<<(std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>& i, color& c)
{
HANDLE hStdout=GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
SetConsoleTextAttribute(hStdout,c.m_color);
return i;
}
// Copyleft Vincent Godin
E poi usarlo così:
codice:
#include <iostream>
#include "colors.h"
using namespace std;
int main()
{
cout << green << "Ciao";
return 0;
}
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