# Locate

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/locate/100299>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 28, 2006, 8:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/locate/100299 "2006-07-28T08:49:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![J-C\_Hendrickx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@J-C\_Hendrickx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/J-C_Hendrickx)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 8:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/locate/100299/1 "2006-07-28T08:49:00Z")

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Hello,

I am a beginner in ruby.  
I wonder how to place a word at x y in a terminal  
(puts ?)  
like (in old basic) locate(x,y).

Thanks for any tips.

J-C H.

```
Jean-Claude Hendrickx
      à Bruxelles

```

removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

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**Author:** ![J-C\_Hendrickx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@J-C\_Hendrickx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/J-C_Hendrickx)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 9:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/locate/100299/2 "2006-07-28T09:42:07Z")

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J-C Hendrickx wrote:

> ```
> Jean-Claude Hendrickx
> à Bruxelles
> 
> ```
> 
> removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

Use Win32::Console.

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**Author:** ![J-C\_Hendrickx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@J-C\_Hendrickx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/J-C_Hendrickx)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 10:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/locate/100299/3 "2006-07-28T10:25:39Z")

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Hi,

At Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:15:04 +0900,  
J-C Hendrickx wrote in [ruby-talk:204437]:

> I wonder how to place a word at x y in a terminal  
> (puts ?)  
> like (in old basic) locate(x,y).

It very depends on the platform. See examples in  
ext/curses/\*.rb, if you can use curses.

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**Author:** ![J-C\_Hendrickx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@J-C\_Hendrickx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/J-C_Hendrickx)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 11:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/locate/100299/4 "2006-07-28T11:27:43Z")

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Le Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:23:57 +0900, nobu a écrit :

> Hi,
> 
> At Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:15:04 +0900,  
> J-C Hendrickx wrote in [ruby-talk:204437]:
> 
> > I wonder how to place a word at x y in a terminal  
> > (puts ?)  
> > like (in old basic) locate(x,y).
> 
> It very depends on the platform. See examples in  
> ext/curses/\*.rb, if you can use curses.

Thank you, I am in Linux I’ll try your suggestion.

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