On windows, it prvoides the API to get and set cursor functions.

#include <windows.h>
COORD GetCursorPosition() {
   HANDLE h = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
   CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO bufferInfo;
   GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(h, &amp;amp;bufferInfo);
   return bufferInfo.dwCursorPosition;
}
 
void SetCursorPosition(int XPos, int YPos) {
   COORD coord;
   coord.X = XPos; coord.Y = YPos;
   SetConsoleCursorPosition(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),coord);
}

in Linux, it does not provide the API, but it can be got/set by ESC code.

#include <stdio.h>
void SetCursorPosition(int XPos, int
 
 YPos) {
    printf("\033[%d;%dH",YPos+1,XPos+1);
}
void getCursor(int* x, int* y) {
   printf("\033[6n");  /* This escape sequence !writes! the current
                          coordinates to the terminal.
                          We then have to read it from there, see [4,5].
                          Needs <termios.h>,<unistd.h> and some others 
 
*/
   scanf("\033[%d;%dR", x, y);
}

other ESC strings can be found athttp://ascii-table.com/ansi-escape-sequences.php

Some examples are provided below.