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ANSI Colors in C using CPP
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ansi_color.h
#ifndef __ANSI_COLOR_INCLUDED__
#define __ANSI_COLOR_INCLUDED__
#define ANSI_RESET "0"
#define ANSI_BOLD "1"
#define ANSI_BLACK "30"
#define ANSI_RED "31"
#define ANSI_GREEN "32"
#define ANSI_YELLOW "33"
#define ANSI_BLUE "34"
#define ANSI_MAGENTA "35"
#define ANSI_CYAN "36"
#define ANSI_WHITE "37"
#define ANSI_ON_BLACK "40"
#define ANSI_ON_RED "41"
#define ANSI_ON_GREEN "42"
#define ANSI_ON_YELLOW "43"
#define ANSI_ON_BLUE "44"
#define ANSI_ON_MAGENTA "45"
#define ANSI_ON_CYAN "46"
#define ANSI_ON_WHITE "47"
#define ANSI_ESC(x) "\x1b[" x "m"
#define ANSI1(x) ANSI_ESC(ANSI_ ## x)
#define ANSI2(x, y) ANSI_ESC(ANSI_ ## x ";" ANSI_ ## y)
#define ANSI3(x, y, z) ANSI_ESC(ANSI_ ## x ";" ANSI_ ## y ";" ANSI_ ## z)
#define ANSI4(x, y, z, t) ANSI_ESC(ANSI_ ## x ";" ANSI_ ## y ";" ANSI_ ## z ";" ANSI_ ## t)
#define ANSI_SELECT_VERSION(_1, _2, _3, _4, VERSION,...) VERSION
#define ANSI(...) ANSI_SELECT_VERSION(__VA_ARGS__, ANSI4, ANSI3, ANSI2, ANSI1)(__VA_ARGS__)
/**
* printf("%sERROR%s", ANSI(RED, BOLD), ANSI(RESET));
* printf("%sHLIGHTED%s", ANSI(BLACK, ON_YELLOW), ANSI(RESET));
* ...
*/
#endif
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