How to take to cursor to the end of the line (Without disturbing the content of the line) after we use the escape sequence \r in C?

Question

I want to know that how we can take the cursor to the end of the line without over writing the contents of the line:

For example:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
    printf("This is a test line\r");
    printf("###"); // Cursor moves to start of the line and over writes the content
    printf("I want to print this at the end of the line"); // I want to take the cursor to the end of the line and then print this
    return 0;
}

Output:

###I want to print this at the end of the line

But I want the output to be like this (by cursor movement, not by simply using this in printf()):

###s is a test lineI want to print this at the end of the line

What's the method to do this in C?

Answer 1

Using ANSI escape sequences works for me

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    printf("One Two Three\x1b[s\r");
    //                   ^^^^^^      ESC[s ==> save cursor position
    printf("###\x1b[u");
    //         ^^^^^^                ESC[u ==> restore cursor position
    printf("FOUR FIVE SIX\n");
}

Apparent output

### Two ThreeFOUR FIVE SIX