Thread: Newb question - Clear command line screen?

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    Question Newb question - Clear command line screen?

    Is there an easy way to clear the screen of characters?

    I've made a simple equation solver, but after solving several equations the screen gets kind of messy. Since it essentially just re-runs itself over and over, is there a simple way to clear the command line screen at the end of each calculation?

    Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've had no luck finding any information elsewhere about this.

    Thanks!

    P.S. this is run in windows, and I'd rather not add any new .h files.

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    Thanks man.

    I used the search function, and google but I had no luck for some reason.

    Much appreciated.

    Seems odd that there wouldn't be a simple way to do this that's platform independent, but thanks

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    Seems odd that there wouldn't be a simple way to do this that's platform independent, but thanks
    There are platforms where terminal does not exists, stdout could be connected to the file, printer or something else... standard C function should still work in such envirounment - no much sense to clear screen there...
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