Clearing Screen

Hey, i'm writing a pretty basic program using Dev C++ and i'm using a seriesof IF statements to create a menu system. (i.e, choose 1 to edit this, choose 2 to edit this etc.) Annoyingly if i go into 1 "menu" and then return to main, i can't go back to the beginning. All it does is bring up the main 'menu' underneath all of the other things i have done. Can i 'wipe' the screen at all, or do i have to live with this?

Another question. Using a system("PAUSE") function, can i get it to say anything other than "Press any key to continue"

Cheers for your help.

P.S If you need me to post code then i'll do that. Thanks

search the faq for "CLS"

cheers for that. Any idea about the second point: the system("PAUSE") bit?

It's not important but aesthetically speaking, it's quite a nice touch. Hehe

Ta

>can i get it to say anything other than "Press any key to continue"
Write your own pause program that has the desired functionality, add it to the PATH, and say:

Code:

system ( "MYPAUSE" );

Here's some tips on clearing the screen:

http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284385

The use of system("PAUSE") has several problems, since system executes the string given to it as though it was a system command - in this case, it's executing PAUSE.exe or .com or something like that. Here are some details:

http://www.cprogramming.com/tips/sho...ount=30&page=1

Here are some alternatives:

http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284385

Thanks for all that. When i use the getch() command it works, but kicks up a windows error, and claims that the .exe program needs to close. i've included <conio> but it still doesn't ;like it
Is there something i need to include or do to accomodate the getch() command?

Originally Posted by caffrey

Hey, i'm writing a pretty basic program using Dev C++ and i'm using a seriesof IF statements to create a menu system. (i.e, choose 1 to edit this, choose 2 to edit this etc.) Annoyingly if i go into 1 "menu" and then return to main, i can't go back to the beginning. All it does is bring up the main 'menu' underneath all of the other things i have done. Can i 'wipe' the screen at all, or do i have to live with this?

Another question. Using a system("PAUSE") function, can i get it to say anything other than "Press any key to continue"

Cheers for your help.

P.S If you need me to post code then i'll do that. Thanks

try

Code:

#include <stdio.h>    //For Standard Input/Output

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Or you could use cstdio since this is c++ and not c

That particular solution (referring to conio.h) may actually be worse than what you were actually originally using. I apologize - I should've warned you about that. One of the reasons that system() should be avoided if possible is because the program you call might not always be there. conio.h is not part of the standard - it's just a nice addition that many compilers have. Play around with some of the other options.

edit: and I'd assume that if he's using that library, he's already included it, Kilo.

Once more, thanks but it still doen't like it. If i choose to Use

Code:

  int ch;
  printf ("Press [Enter] to continue");
  while ((ch = getchar()) != '\n' && ch != EOF);
  goto: main;

It executes this instantly and jumps me straight back to my main. Using a cheeky little goto: unfortunately

What's going on? Any ideas? If i remove the goto then it just carries on through to the next section

If you're sure you want to use system("PAUSE"), try couting your pause message and then using
system("PAUSE > nul") ... which should redirect the pause message to nul, aka Nowhere.

For pausing, though, cin.get() (found in <iostream>) should be simpler and more universal...

Cheers NAzca, thats what i was after. No doubt i'll have more questions before my assignment is over!