c++ - Undo a newline ( ) printed to command line

Question

printf("Error %d
", 1);
printf("
Status: %d%%", 50);

prints

Error 1

Status: 50%

In this set up, is there any chance to insert Error 2 between Error 1 and Status: 50%. I understand that and can be used to change printed text in the same line (e.g., if there is a single between Error 1 and Status: 50%), but can I change text in a previous line?

Thanks!

Answer 1

What @Ryan said.

Explanation why: stdout is some abstract stream that doesn't have to be the terminal. It may be a file, a pipe, a socket, a printer, a text to speech device or whatever. In many cases there is no sense to what you asked to do. Hence you need some library that works with the terminal specifically.