Can you clear terminal in c++

Question

I want to draw to the terminal and then clear it

Answer 1

// use this snippet it must work on all major platforms

#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__NT__) || defined(_WIN64)
void clear(){
system("cls");
}
#else
void clear(){
system("clear");
}
#endif

// now to use it just call clear() like this

int main(){

cout<<"hello "; // assuming you have included libs

clear();
cout << "world";

}

// a side note : because Sololearn doesn't use real terminal .. dont expect it to clear the screen... no you cant clear the screen of sololearn in anyway ( untill you use some kinda buffer to temporarily store the state and flush when you are done) the real reason is provided by Martin Taylor sir.. for c/c++ it dont even know what a terminal is.. its none of its business..

Answer 2

You can use ansii escape codes . For clearing screen it will be \x1B[2J.

So cout << "\x1B[2J"

More on them,

https://gist.github.com/fnky/458719343aabd01cfb17a3a4f7296797

Answer 3

A thread about conio.h

https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/1947816/?ref=app

Edit: A discussion thread about turbo c++ that some might find helpful

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-using-Turbo-C-and-GNU-C-C++-Is-there-any-real-difference-or-if-I-submit-the-C-file-would-that-be-the-same-thing?top_ans=17291089

Answer 4

Harshit Jawla conio.h is from an ancient complier which was never or has been the part of C++ standard libraries, so stop recommending Turbo C headers and it's functions to others here.

Answer 5

Thanks

Answer 6

It says I can't include conio.h

Answer 7

No

Answer 8

Just sololearn. My computer is currently downloading vocode for cpp

Answer 9

#include <conio.h>
now use clrscr() to clear the console