In C, is there a way to printf after scanf and return to the scanf?

[Ripedox]

I am talking about something like this:

printf(".............");
scanf();
printf("............."):

So the output would be:
............
_
............

"_" is where the user would input the value.

[weaknessforcats]

Can you not just display a \n as the last character in the printf above the scanf ?

[Ripedox]

That would still make text appear above the scanf, not after it.

[weaknessforcats]

Can you not display a \n as the first character in the printf following the scanf?

[donbock]

Do you want to print out several lines and then scan input such that the echoed input appears in the middle of those printed lines?

The generic name for this type of activity is cursor control. The C Standard does not provide a portable way to do this. You need a platform-specific library or you can embed platform-specific cursor control commands in your printf output. The examples I can provide reveal my age: curses or VT-100 control codes.