Thread: Clear Screen

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    Question Clear Screen

    Hi,

    This probably seems like a stupid question, but what is the best way to clear the screen of a console application?

    I've tried cout.clear(), but I am unsure what arguments need to be passed.

    Thanks in advance...

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    well I haven't made a program with that for a while, but I believe that it is clrscr(); and you will need to include conio.h

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    sorry...

    whoops

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    ok

    at last, i get to help someone! ok, its real simple. i use msvc++ 6. put this in:

    system("CLS");

    works perfect, i dont think you need to include any extra header files, if so just tell me and i'll find out.

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    wow

    That works really well, much simpler than the method(s) in the faq...

    Thanks!

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    prototype

    #include <stdlib.h>
    void system(char x[]);

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    clrscr() is less letters, and isn't slow like the system command.

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