Java gotoxy(x,y) for console applications

If by gotoxy(x,y), you want to reposition your cursor somewhere specific on the console, you can usually use VT100 control codes to do this. See http://www.termsys.demon.co.uk/vtansi.htm.

Do something like

char escCode = 0x1B;
int row = 10; int column = 10;
System.out.print(String.format("%c[%d;%df",escCode,row,column));

Which should move the cursor to position 10,10 on the console.

I don't think there's a built-in function to do that in Java. There's a Java curses library called JCurses that you can use though.

Not without pulling in a console curses style library...

You can try javacurses and see if that helps you.