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main.c

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+#include <ncurses.h>
+#include <menu.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+void createPanel(WINDOW*,char**);
+void curses_init();
+int begX(WINDOW* window);
+int begY(WINDOW* window);
+int maxX(WINDOW* window);
+int maxY(WINDOW* window);
+
+void createPanel(WINDOW* window, char** listOfElements) {
+	int numCharsToIncrement = 1;
+	int numElements = 0;
+	int i=0;
+	while(*(listOfElements+i) != NULL) {
+		numElements++;
+		i++;
+	}
+	i=0;
+	for (int i=0;i<numElements;i++) {
+		mvwprintw(window,1,numCharsToIncrement,"%s",*(listOfElements+i));
+		numCharsToIncrement += strlen(*(listOfElements+i)) + 1;
+		mvwprintw(window,1,numCharsToIncrement,"|");
+		numCharsToIncrement+=2;
+
+	}
+}
+
+int begX(WINDOW* window) {
+	int begX = 0;
+	int begY = 0;
+	getbegyx(window,begY,begX);
+	return begX;
+}
+
+int begY(WINDOW* window) {
+	int begX = 0;
+	int begY = 0;
+	getbegyx(window,begY,begX);
+	return begY;
+}
+
+int maxX(WINDOW* window) {
+	int maxX = 0;
+	int maxY = 0;
+	getmaxyx(window,maxY,maxX);
+	return maxX;
+}
+
+int maxY(WINDOW* window) {
+	int maxX = 0;
+	int maxY = 0;
+	getmaxyx(window,maxY,maxX);
+	return maxY;
+}
+
+
+
+void curses_init() {
+	initscr();
+	curs_set(0);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+	curses_init();
+	WINDOW* mainwin = newwin(maxY(stdscr)/2,maxX(stdscr)/2,maxY(stdscr)/4,maxX(stdscr)/4);
+	WINDOW* menuwin = newwin(3,maxX(mainwin),begY(mainwin),begX(mainwin));
+	box(mainwin,0,0);
+	box(menuwin,0,0);
+	wrefresh(mainwin);
+	char* stringArray[] = {"Apple", "Baseball", "Cat", NULL};
+	createPanel(menuwin,stringArray);
+	wrefresh(mainwin);
+	wrefresh(menuwin);
+
+	wgetch(mainwin);
+	endwin();
+	return 0;
+
+
+}