Thread: colours & clear screen

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    colours & clear screen

    can somebody write a little example program, how can i clear screen (like CLS in dos) and use colours in text in Linux console (without conio.h)

    thanks.
    (yes, i canīt speak english well )

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    Why not just use curses? It's a lot easier to read.
    Code:
    #include <curses.h>
    
    void clrscr()
    {
            initscr();
            clear();
            endwin();
    }
    Processing error: Stupidity detected.
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    Dr. Bebop
    Windows XP Professional Ed.
    Microsoft Visual Studio 6

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    If you don't care about platform independence, and just want to know the quick and dirty way to clear the screen, make a call to

    system("clear");

    at the point where you want the program to clear the screen.

    starX
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