Thread: clear screen function

Originally Posted by SpudNuts

Code:

system("cls");

Can that be placed anywhere within your code?

Technically, yes, but it would be a serious coding mistake, from the maintenance point of view. Not portable things should be abstracted so that they are defined only once.

Maintenance hell:

Code:

system("cls");
<...>
system("cls");
<...>
system("cls");
<...>
system("cls");

Maintenance heaven:

Code:

void cls(void)
{
   system("cls");
}

<...>
cls();
<...>
cls();
<...>
cls();
<...>
cls();

See the difference ?