clean up console

[vcllvc]

does anyone know how to clean up/refresh the screen in c++ code? What I mean the screen is the MS_DOS console.

Thanks in advance

Vincent

 

[Cagliostro]

system("cls" John Fill

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[vcllvc]

I'm sorry, do i need to include any library? And I can just call this function?

Thanks
Vincent

 

[Cagliostro]

yes, #include<process.h> of #inlcude<stdlib.h> John Fill

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[vcllvc]

hey, where can I look up those function and how do I know what these function do? There are so many libraries. Please give me some hints so that I can look it up next time I have problem to find out what I need.

Thanks
Vincent

 

[Cagliostro]

#include<stdlib.h>
int main()
{
system(&quot;cls&quot;
return 0;
} John Fill

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[StonedCoder]

void clrscr()
{
COORD coordScreen = { 0, 0 };
DWORD cCharsWritten;
CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
DWORD dwConSize;
HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &csbi);
dwConSize = csbi.dwSize.X * csbi.dwSize.Y;
FillConsoleOutputCharacter(hConsole, TEXT(' '), dwConSize, coordScreen, &cCharsWritten);
GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &csbi);
FillConsoleOutputAttribute(hConsole, csbi.wAttributes, dwConSize, coordScreen, &cCharsWritten);
SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConsole, coordScreen);
}