Thread: Flushing Stuff In The Console Window

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    Flushing Stuff In The Console Window

    Using conio.h in borland you can clear the stuff in the console window using cls().

    I'm using Dev-C++ and as a simple hack to clear the screen I have been writing a load of new lines.

    All the old stuff is still stored somewhere though. I was wondering how you can flush everything displayed in the console window.

    Cheers.

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    There's no standard way. If your program is for Windows only, you can do something like:
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    system("cls");
    If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything.

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    cls is a DOS/Windows console command.

    clrscr() is for conio.h in Borland.

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    system("cls");
    Thanks.

    clrscr() is for conio.h in Borland.
    Oh. Yeah of course. Its been a while since I used Borland.

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    I prefer :
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    g_pd3dDevice->Clear( 0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,0,255), 1.0f, 0 );
    but that sort of defeats the whoel purpose of runnign in console mode, then again what was the reason?

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