How to clear screen?

I have started using Bloodshed Dev C++. What is the function to clear screen. I tried clrscr(). It is not working. Please help!!

Bored now.....
http://faq.cprogramming.com/

You can't clear the screen. The National Academy of C has determined that clearing the screen has been found to harm pixels.

not to mention the liquid cristals off your spanking new 17'' screen



p.s. : it's not a function, just a command...or more like a secret kabbalistic incantation.

you could always use

system("CLS")

Thank you twomers.
Do you know why some compilers doesnt support the useful clrscr() ?

because clearing the screen is nonstandard and nonportable?

OK Shakti.
Thanking everyone..

Harm pixels? Hows that possible? When playing a game your screen easily refreshs 60x a second. So hows one little sweep cause harm to your pixels? And if its a different form of refreshing, why are people not using the refresh function that refreshs games?

Or am I totaly out of whack on this?

Your joke detector is broken.

I've been told a rock picks up on a joke faster than I do. Apparently I was reading it to seriously :p.