Thread: Clear screen

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    Clear screen

    I have a strange question.

    Is thier a clear screen function iostream.h?

    I ask this because I'm in a programming class where the teacher only allows you to use files already loaded on his system, so I can't use conio.h, or any of the other wonderful include files I have come to know and love (I never thought I'd say this, but I miss apstrings.....).

    And what's worse is that I have to program in a stripped down linux compilier so I can't use any of the microsoft files.

    Any ideas?

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    Ask your teacher
    a) is clear screen required for completing my assignments?
    b) is there a clear screen function in the environment you provide?

    If the answer to both is "no", then its easiest to forget about it.

    But if you're really desperate

    Code:
    for ( int i = 0 ; i < 30 ; i++ ) cout << endl;
    Is a reasonably portable way of achieving what you want


    Or how about
    Code:
    system("clear");
    Or even
    Code:
    cout << "\033[2J";
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
    If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.

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