Divider in a program - c++

Question

I am trying to get a divider in my program, I got it to output however I notice their is a gap on the top. For example my code outputs:
*******************************************************************************************
Broome
CST 113 Y01
LAB
Stan
******************************************************************************************
I just want the code to output like this:
*******************************************************************************************
Broome
CST 113 Y01
LAB
Stan
******************************************************************************************
without that annoying gap. Here is my that outputs the divider:
//Output the divider to the screen
cout << setfill('*') << setw(SCREEN_WIDTH + 1) << " " << setfill(' ')
<< endl;
// Output the course heading to the screen
cout << setw((SCREEN_WIDTH + 11) / 2) << COLLEGE << endl;
cout << setw((SCREEN_WIDTH + 11) / 2) << COURSE << endl;
cout << setw((SCREEN_WIDTH + 5) / 2) << LAB_NAME << endl;
cout << setw((SCREEN_WIDTH + 15) / 2) << PROGRAMMER_NAME << endl;
//Output the divider to the screen
cout << setfill('*') << setw(SCREEN_WIDTH + 1) << " " << setfill(' ') << endl;
I am sure it is something simple I am missing

Answer 1

I duplicated your problem using MinGW and running in a 80 column Windows console with SCREEN_WIDTH set to 80. If the console is wider than SCREEN_WIDTH + 1, the problem is not exhibited.
Your code will print exactly SCREEN_WIDTH asterisks followed by a space. If your console is exactly SCREEN_WIDTH columns wide, that space will actually be printed on the next line (though you can't see it -- it's a space!). Even if you subtract one, the space will still be on the last column of the line, causing the cursor to drop a line. The endl will do that again.
I was able to get results very close to what you're looking for with this:
cout << setfill('*') << setw(SCREEN_WIDTH) << "\n" << setfill(' ');
It's one asterisk short of a full line, but that's about the best you can do. If you know you will always run on the same console type with exactly SCREEN_WIDTH columns, you could use empty quotes instead of the "\n". But that's assuming a lot of the console.
Resulting code I used:
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std; // BLECH!!
int main()
{
const auto SCREEN_WIDTH = 80;
const auto COLLEGE = "Broome";
const auto COURSE = "CST 113 Y01";
const auto LAB_NAME = "LAB";
const auto PROGRAMMER_NAME = "Stan";
//Output the divider to the screen
cout << setfill('*') << setw(SCREEN_WIDTH) << "\n" << setfill(' ');
// Output the course heading to the screen
cout << setw((SCREEN_WIDTH + 11) / 2) << COLLEGE << endl;
cout << setw((SCREEN_WIDTH + 11) / 2) << COURSE << endl;
cout << setw((SCREEN_WIDTH + 5) / 2) << LAB_NAME << endl;
cout << setw((SCREEN_WIDTH + 15) / 2) << PROGRAMMER_NAME << endl;
//Output the divider to the screen
cout << setfill('*') << setw(SCREEN_WIDTH) << "\n" << setfill(' ');
}
Output:
*******************************************************************************
Broome
CST 113 Y01
LAB
Stan
*******************************************************************************