mdk97 / Rainbow

Rainbow is a simple C/C++ library for printing colored text in terminal-based applications using the ANSI color escape codes

Rainbow

Rainbow is a simple C/C++ library for printing colored text in terminal-based applications using the ANSI color escape codes

Usage

To print a colored string, just call the print_colored function.
To set a color (all the subsequent strings will be colored), just call set_color

Colors

Foreground

• DEFAULT
• BLACK
• GREY
• DARK_RED
• RED
• DARK_GREEN
• GREEN
• DARK_YELLOW
• YELLOW
• DARK_BLUE
• BLUE
• DARK_MAGENTA
• MAGENTA
• DARK_CYAN
• CYAN
• LIGHT_GREY
• WHITE

Background

• BG_DEFAULT
• BG_BLACK
• BG_RED
• BG_GREEN
• BG_YELLOW
• BG_BLUE
• BG_MAGENTA
• BG_CYAN
• BG_WHITE

Examples

    /* To print the string "Hello, World!" in yellow on blue background, you would use the following code: */
    print_colored("Hello, World!\n", YELLOW, BG_BLUE);
    
    /* To set the color magenta on cyan background for all the subsequent strings: */
    set_color(MAGENTA, BG_CYAN);
    
    /* To go back to default colors on your terminal: */
    set_color(DEFAULT, BG_DEFAULT);