C - Remove and replace printed items

Question

I\'m writing a program in C compiled in gcc. The question relates to homework, but the specific part I need help with is not part of the homework assignment. A similar que

Answer 1

Use the \b (backspace) character.

printf("Quick brown fox");
int i;
for(i=0; i < 9; i++)
{
    printf("\b");
}
printf("green fox\n");

I noticed that putting a \n on the first printf() messed up the output.