Hello
I'm Looking for a scalar or a subroutine (or whatever),
that can tell me how many chars been printed
since the beginning of the current printed line in the terminal.
Does something like that exist, or do I must write it myself ?

Thx

Update:
Thanks for replaying everyone
It's not an XY problem, as it is (to me) an abstract problem.
(unless you refer to the flashing marker's XY co-ordinates ^^)
Although I agree it's a good guess, it is not for wrapping purposes.
I just need the column (x co-ordinate) of the marker.
In this specific case it's for a generalized-menu-printing function (specially designed for my format), which I'm working on,
but I found solving this problem necessary many times before for multiple applications (which I can't recall ^^).
So please think about it as a "how to get the marker's column" riddle/abstract problem,
rather than what possible uses can it have, and what alternatives can be used instead.

Thx again

In reply to scalar or sub that can tell me the terminal print offset ? by palkia

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