Thread: clear screen function

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    clear screen function

    what is the function to clear screen???
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    There is no ANSI function to clear the screen. It is going to depend on what type of programming you're doing, and on what OS.

    In a console window, under dos/windows, you can do:

    system("cls");

    There is also an ansi escape sequence you can use.

    puts( "\e[2J" );


    Quzah.

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    O/S is UNIX (Solaris I think)
    Sue B.

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    execlp("clear",0);
    or execlp("tput clear",0);

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    Ramble on...

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