C++Talk.NET C++ language newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Clear Screen? Goto page 1, 2  Next          C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ language (comp.lang.c++) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Tim Mierzejewski Guest Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 3:58 pm    Post subject: Clear Screen? How do I clear the text from my screen, other than a bunch of n's or endl's? Tim M. Back to top Victor Bazarov Guest Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 4:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Clear Screen? "Tim Mierzejewski" <timmierz (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote... Quote: How do I clear the text from my screen, other than a bunch of n's or endl's? Please read FAQ 15.20. You can find FAQ here: http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ Victor Back to top Unforgiven Guest Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 4:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Clear Screen? Tim Mierzejewski wrote: Quote: How do I clear the text from my screen, other than a bunch of n's or endl's? C++ can not clear the screen, as indicated in the FAQ Victor pointed you to. However, you can ask the OS to do it for you. The most common ways to do this are 'system("cls");' in Windows and system("clear");' in Linux. The system function is defined in <process.h> -- Unforgiven "Not only do I not know the answer I don't even know what the question is" My world - Metallica Back to top Ashish Guest Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 5:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Clear Screen? "Unforgiven" <jaapd3000 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Tim Mierzejewski wrote: How do I clear the text from my screen, other than a bunch of n's or endl's? C++ can not clear the screen, as indicated in the FAQ Victor pointed you to. Huh? C++ can do a lot of things using the OS specific libraries. Dont say C++ cannot clear the screen. Instead, you should say standard C++ cannot clear the screen. Quote: However, you can ask the OS to do it for you. The most common ways to do this are 'system("cls");' in Windows and system("clear");' in Linux. The system function is defined in -- Unforgiven "Not only do I not know the answer I don't even know what the question is" My world - Metallica -- -Ashish -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi! I'm a shareware signature! Send $5 if you use me, send $10 for manual! http://www.123ashish.com http://www.softwarefreaks.com Back to top Victor Bazarov Guest Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 6:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Clear Screen? "Ashish" <ashoooo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote... Quote: "Unforgiven" <jaapd3000 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:bdhs8i$t2rsj$1 (AT) ID-136341 (DOT) news.dfncis.de... Tim Mierzejewski wrote: How do I clear the text from my screen, other than a bunch of n's or endl's? C++ can not clear the screen, as indicated in the FAQ Victor pointed you to. Huh? C++ can do a lot of things using the OS specific libraries. Dont say C++ cannot clear the screen. Instead, you should say standard C++ cannot clear the screen. That's the only C++ we speak of here. Back to top Victor Bazarov Guest Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 7:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Clear Screen? "Ashish" <ashoooo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote... Quote: "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov (AT) attAbi (DOT) com> wrote in message news:vfp4veg8id694c (AT) corp (DOT) supernews.com... "Ashish" <ashoooo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote... "Unforgiven" <jaapd3000 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:bdhs8i$t2rsj$1 (AT) ID-136341 (DOT) news.dfncis.de... Tim Mierzejewski wrote: How do I clear the text from my screen, other than a bunch of n's or endl's? C++ can not clear the screen, as indicated in the FAQ Victor pointed you to. Huh? C++ can do a lot of things using the OS specific libraries. Dont say C++ cannot clear the screen. Instead, you should say standard C++ cannot clear the screen. That's the only C++ we speak of here. Thats what I said too... but dont misguide the OP by saying that C++ cannot Misguide? Quote: do this, or can do that. Guide him to an appropriate newsgroup. I am sure you understand that. But in all honesty, C++ cannot clear the screen. It's some OS- specific library call that does that. Or sequence of characters output to console or ... But it is not a language thing. And, by the way, while there exist extensions to the language created by some eager compiler vendors, there is only one C++ -- Standard. That's what we mean when we say "C++ cannot do that". Another example: can C++ read files? Yes. Can C++ read JPEG files? Yes. Can C++ read and display JPEG files? NO. Displaying them is not a language feature. C++ cannot do that. Not standard, not any other C++. The same with clearing the screen. Guiding others to a particular newsgroup is a voluntary thing. If you stop me in the street and ask whether I could give you a lift to a town a thousand kilometres away, I'll probably say "No, sorry, I cannot do that", but I am not obligated to explain to you all possible options you have or direct you to a bus station. It is up to you to figure that out. (Of course it might be mighty kind of me to point you to a bus stop, and I _probably_ would do that if I knew where you were going -- The OP just asked whether there was a way to clear the screen except outputting newline characters, and there isn't). See the point? Anyway... Victor Back to top Ashish Guest Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 8:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Clear Screen? "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov (AT) attAbi (DOT) com> wrote Quote: "Ashish" <ashoooo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote... "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov (AT) attAbi (DOT) com> wrote in message news:vfp4veg8id694c (AT) corp (DOT) supernews.com... "Ashish" <ashoooo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote... "Unforgiven" <jaapd3000 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:bdhs8i$t2rsj$1 (AT) ID-136341 (DOT) news.dfncis.de... Tim Mierzejewski wrote: How do I clear the text from my screen, other than a bunch of n's or endl's? C++ can not clear the screen, as indicated in the FAQ Victor pointed you to. Huh? C++ can do a lot of things using the OS specific libraries. Dont say C++ cannot clear the screen. Instead, you should say standard C++ cannot clear the screen. That's the only C++ we speak of here. Thats what I said too... but dont misguide the OP by saying that C++ cannot Misguide? do this, or can do that. Guide him to an appropriate newsgroup. I am sure you understand that. But in all honesty, C++ cannot clear the screen. It's some OS- specific library call that does that. Or sequence of characters output to console or ... But it is not a language thing. And, by the way, while there exist extensions to the language created by some eager compiler vendors, there is only one C++ -- Standard. That's what we mean when we say "C++ cannot do that". Another example: can C++ read files? Yes. Can C++ read JPEG files? Yes. Can C++ read and display JPEG files? NO. Displaying them is not a language feature. C++ cannot do that. Not standard, not any other C++. The same with clearing the screen. Guiding others to a particular newsgroup is a voluntary thing. If you stop me in the street and ask whether I could give you a lift to a town a thousand kilometres away, I'll probably say "No, sorry, I cannot do that", but I am not obligated to explain to you all possible options you have or direct you to a bus station. It is up to you to figure that out. (Of course it might be mighty kind of me to point you to a bus stop, and I _probably_ would do that if I knew where you were going -- The OP just asked whether there was a way to clear the screen except outputting newline characters, and there isn't). See the point? Anyway... Victor I agree with you. But if you tell me that you cannot give me a lift to a thown a thousand kilometers away doesnt mean that you should tell me that there is no way I can go to that town. Thats what the other person did. He said that C++ cannot... I am not saying that he or you HAVE to guide the OP to an appropriate newsgroup, its voluntary ofcourse, but dont MISguide him saying that it cannot be done. Get it? -- -Ashish -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi! I'm a shareware signature! Send $5 if you use me, send $10 for manual! http://www.123ashish.com http://www.softwarefreaks.com Back to top Ashish Guest Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 8:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Clear Screen? "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov (AT) attAbi (DOT) com> wrote Quote: "Ashish" <ashoooo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote... "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov (AT) attAbi (DOT) com> wrote in message news:vfp4veg8id694c (AT) corp (DOT) supernews.com... "Ashish" <ashoooo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote... "Unforgiven" <jaapd3000 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:bdhs8i$t2rsj$1 (AT) ID-136341 (DOT) news.dfncis.de... Tim Mierzejewski wrote: How do I clear the text from my screen, other than a bunch of n's or endl's? C++ can not clear the screen, as indicated in the FAQ Victor pointed you to. Huh? C++ can do a lot of things using the OS specific libraries. Dont say C++ cannot clear the screen. Instead, you should say standard C++ cannot clear the screen. That's the only C++ we speak of here. Thats what I said too... but dont misguide the OP by saying that C++ cannot Misguide? do this, or can do that. Guide him to an appropriate newsgroup. I am sure you understand that. But in all honesty, C++ cannot clear the screen. It's some OS- specific library call that does that. Or sequence of characters And those OS-specific libraries cannot be used using C++. I get it now. Back to top Victor Bazarov Guest Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 9:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Clear Screen? "Ashish" <ashoooo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote Quote: "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov (AT) attAbi (DOT) com> wrote in message news:vfp6v1kb2ji0c4 (AT) corp (DOT) supernews.com... "Ashish" <ashoooo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote... "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov (AT) attAbi (DOT) com> wrote in message news:vfp4veg8id694c (AT) corp (DOT) supernews.com... "Ashish" <ashoooo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote... "Unforgiven" <jaapd3000 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:bdhs8i$t2rsj$1 (AT) ID-136341 (DOT) news.dfncis.de... Tim Mierzejewski wrote: How do I clear the text from my screen, other than a bunch of n's or endl's? C++ can not clear the screen, as indicated in the FAQ Victor pointed you to. Huh? C++ can do a lot of things using the OS specific libraries. Dont say C++ cannot clear the screen. Instead, you should say standard C++ cannot clear the screen. That's the only C++ we speak of here. Thats what I said too... but dont misguide the OP by saying that C++ cannot Misguide? do this, or can do that. Guide him to an appropriate newsgroup. I am sure you understand that. But in all honesty, C++ cannot clear the screen. It's some OS- specific library call that does that. Or sequence of characters output to console or ... But it is not a language thing. And, by the way, while there exist extensions to the language created by some eager compiler vendors, there is only one C++ -- Standard. That's what we mean when we say "C++ cannot do that". Another example: can C++ read files? Yes. Can C++ read JPEG files? Yes. Can C++ read and display JPEG files? NO. Displaying them is not a language feature. C++ cannot do that. Not standard, not any other C++. The same with clearing the screen. Guiding others to a particular newsgroup is a voluntary thing. If you stop me in the street and ask whether I could give you a lift to a town a thousand kilometres away, I'll probably say "No, sorry, I cannot do that", but I am not obligated to explain to you all possible options you have or direct you to a bus station. It is up to you to figure that out. (Of course it might be mighty kind of me to point you to a bus stop, and I _probably_ would do that if I knew where you were going -- The OP just asked whether there was a way to clear the screen except outputting newline characters, and there isn't). See the point? Anyway... Victor I agree with you. But if you tell me that you cannot give me a lift to a thown a thousand kilometers away doesnt mean that you should tell me that there is no way I can go to that town. Thats what the other person did. No. Using the same analogy, the other person told you that you can't get to another town in Victor's car. He didn't say that clearing of the screen cannot be done. He said that clearing of the screen cannot be done with C++. Get it? Quote: He said that C++ cannot... And you think that C++ can? Show me. Quote: I am not saying that he or you HAVE to guide the OP to an appropriate newsgroup, its voluntary ofcourse, but dont MISguide him saying that it cannot be done. Get it? Do you understand the difference between "it cannot be done" and "it cannot be done using C++ means"? Saying the latter does NOT imply the former, and in no way is misguiding. Get it? Back to top Ashish Guest Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 9:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Clear Screen? "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov (AT) attAbi (DOT) com> wrote Quote: "Ashish" <ashoooo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:bdi87u$tentc$1 (AT) ID-75446 (DOT) news.dfncis.de... "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov (AT) attAbi (DOT) com> wrote in message news:vfp6v1kb2ji0c4 (AT) corp (DOT) supernews.com... "Ashish" <ashoooo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote... "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov (AT) attAbi (DOT) com> wrote in message news:vfp4veg8id694c (AT) corp (DOT) supernews.com... "Ashish" <ashoooo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote... "Unforgiven" <jaapd3000 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:bdhs8i$t2rsj$1 (AT) ID-136341 (DOT) news.dfncis.de... Tim Mierzejewski wrote: How do I clear the text from my screen, other than a bunch of n's or endl's? C++ can not clear the screen, as indicated in the FAQ Victor pointed you to. Huh? C++ can do a lot of things using the OS specific libraries. Dont say C++ cannot clear the screen. Instead, you should say standard C++ cannot clear the screen. That's the only C++ we speak of here. Thats what I said too... but dont misguide the OP by saying that C++ cannot Misguide? do this, or can do that. Guide him to an appropriate newsgroup. I am sure you understand that. But in all honesty, C++ cannot clear the screen. It's some OS- specific library call that does that. Or sequence of characters output to console or ... But it is not a language thing. And, by the way, while there exist extensions to the language created by some eager compiler vendors, there is only one C++ -- Standard. That's what we mean when we say "C++ cannot do that". Another example: can C++ read files? Yes. Can C++ read JPEG files? Yes. Can C++ read and display JPEG files? NO. Displaying them is not a language feature. C++ cannot do that. Not standard, not any other C++. The same with clearing the screen. Guiding others to a particular newsgroup is a voluntary thing. If you stop me in the street and ask whether I could give you a lift to a town a thousand kilometres away, I'll probably say "No, sorry, I cannot do that", but I am not obligated to explain to you all possible options you have or direct you to a bus station. It is up to you to figure that out. (Of course it might be mighty kind of me to point you to a bus stop, and I _probably_ would do that if I knew where you were going -- The OP just asked whether there was a way to clear the screen except outputting newline characters, and there isn't). See the point? Anyway... Victor I agree with you. But if you tell me that you cannot give me a lift to a thown a thousand kilometers away doesnt mean that you should tell me that there is no way I can go to that town. Thats what the other person did. No. Using the same analogy, the other person told you that you can't get to another town in Victor's car. He didn't say that clearing of the screen cannot be done. He said that clearing of the screen cannot be done with C++. Get it? He said that C++ cannot... And you think that C++ can? Show me. I am not saying that he or you HAVE to guide the OP to an appropriate newsgroup, its voluntary ofcourse, but dont MISguide him saying that it cannot be done. Get it? Do you understand the difference between "it cannot be done" and "it cannot be done using C++ means"? Saying the latter does NOT imply the former, and in no way is misguiding. Get it? Oh, why am I arguing with you anyways? I reinstalled my OS and lost all the news and email filters. Time to ignore you and Dan Poop again. Goodbye. Back to top Default User Guest Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 11:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Clear Screen? Ashish wrote: Quote: Oh, why am I arguing with you anyways? I reinstalled my OS and lost all the news and email filters. Time to ignore you and Dan Poop again. Goodbye. Is there some reason you had three screens worth of quotes for this tiny reply? Brian Rodenborn Back to top Ashish Guest Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 2:08 am    Post subject: Re: Clear Screen? "Default User" <first.last (AT) company (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Ashish wrote: Oh, why am I arguing with you anyways? I reinstalled my OS and lost all the news and email filters. Time to ignore you and Dan Poop again. Goodbye. Is there some reason you had three screens worth of quotes for this tiny reply? Yes. A couple of reasons actually. First, it has become an off-topic thread and anyone who cares to read off-topic posts should probably take the efforts to scroll down to the bottom. Second, I am too lazy. -- -Ashish -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi! I'm a shareware signature! Send $5 if you use me, send $10 for manual! http://www.123ashish.com http://www.softwarefreaks.com Back to top Jack Klein Guest Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 6:20 am    Post subject: Re: Clear Screen? On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:30:17 -0400, "Ashish" <ashoooo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in comp.lang.c++: Quote: "Unforgiven" <jaapd3000 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:bdhs8i$t2rsj$1 (AT) ID-136341 (DOT) news.dfncis.de... Tim Mierzejewski wrote: How do I clear the text from my screen, other than a bunch of n's or endl's? C++ can not clear the screen, as indicated in the FAQ Victor pointed you to. Huh? C++ can do a lot of things using the OS specific libraries. Dont say C++ cannot clear the screen. Instead, you should say standard C++ cannot clear the screen. I guarantee you that I can show you several systems where C++, standard or not, cannot clear the screen. For the simple reason that there IS NO SCREEN. One of the reasons C++ does not support a screen is that it does not require one. -- Jack Klein Home: http://JK-Technology.Com FAQs for comp.lang.c http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html comp.lang.c++ http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ ftp://snurse-l.org/pub/acllc-c++/faq Back to top Ashish Guest Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 3:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Clear Screen? "Jack Klein" <jackklein (AT) spamcop (DOT) net> wrote Quote: On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:30:17 -0400, "Ashish" <ashoooo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote in comp.lang.c++: "Unforgiven" news:bdhs8i$t2rsj$1 (AT) ID-136341 (DOT) news.dfncis.de... Tim Mierzejewski wrote: How do I clear the text from my screen, other than a bunch of n's or endl's? C++ can not clear the screen, as indicated in the FAQ Victor pointed you to. Huh? C++ can do a lot of things using the OS specific libraries. Dont say C++ cannot clear the screen. Instead, you should say standard C++ cannot clear the screen. I guarantee you that I can show you several systems where C++, standard or not, cannot clear the screen. For the simple reason that there IS NO SCREEN. One of the reasons C++ does not support a screen is that it does not require one. I am sorry, I had put my statement wrongly. But, since the OP asked about clearing the screen, I assumed he had a screen (a computer monitor). -- -Ashish -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi! I'm a shareware signature! Send $5 if you use me, send $10 for manual! http://www.123ashish.com http://www.softwarefreaks.com Back to top klaas Guest Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 4:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Clear Screen? you do not want to use process.h since it is not platform independant, use stdlib.h instead regards pol jak Unforgiven wrote: Quote: Tim Mierzejewski wrote: How do I clear the text from my screen, other than a bunch of n's or endl's? C++ can not clear the screen, as indicated in the FAQ Victor pointed you to. However, you can ask the OS to do it for you. The most common ways to do this are 'system("cls");' in Windows and system("clear");' in Linux. 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