WriteConsoleA

Writes narrow characters to a console screen buffer.

Module: Windows

Microsoft documentation: WriteConsole

Signature

func WriteConsoleA(consoleOutput: *opaque, buffer: *const char8,
    numberOfCharsToWrite: uint32, numberOfCharsWritten: *uint32,
    reserved: *opaque) -> bool32;

Parameters

Name	Description
consoleOutput	Console screen-buffer handle.
buffer	Narrow characters to write.
numberOfCharsToWrite	Requested character count.
numberOfCharsWritten	Receives the actual character count.
reserved	Must be null.

Returns

bool32 — nonzero on success or zero on failure. This call fails for redirected output; use WriteFile for that case.

See also

• WriteConsoleW — write UTF-16 characters
• Console — console API overview